The Trial And Execution Of Mark And Phillis Slaves Of Capt John Codman

The Trial and Execution, for Petit Treason, of Mark and Phillis

The Trial and Execution, for Petit Treason, of Mark and Phillis, Slaves of Capt. John Codman

Excerpt from The Trial and Execution, for Petit Treason, of Mark and Phillis, Slaves of Capt. John Codman: Who Murdered Their Master at Charlestown, Mass, in 1765 for Which the Man Was Hanged and Gibbeted, and the Woman Was Burned to Death; Including, Also, Some Account of Other Punishment by Burning in Massachusetts Jurors Aforesaid, to this Inquisition have Interchangeably put our hands and Seals, the day And year Abovesaid. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The Trial and Execution of Mark and Phillis, Slaves of Capt. John Codman

The Trial and Execution 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.