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Title: The Trial and Execution, for Petit Treason, of Mark and Phillis, Slaves of Capt. John Codman
Author : Abner Cheney Goodell
Release Date : January 13, 2020
Genre: Social Science,Books,Nonfiction,Professional & Technical,Law,
Pages : * pages
Size : 1082 KB

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The Trial and Execution, for Petit Treason, of Mark and Phillis, Slaves of Capt. John Codman is a record from the trial of two slaves who murdered their master at Charlestown, Massachsetts, in 1755. The outcome of the trial was the death sentence for both; the man was hanged and gibbeted, and the woman was burned to death. The record also includes few other cases of punishments by burning in Massachusetts.