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Book/Printed Material The trial and execution for petit treason, of Mark and Phillis, slaves of Capt. John Codman : who murdered their master at Charlestown, Mass., in 1755, for which the man was hanged and gibbeted, and the woman was burned to death : including, also, some account of other punishments by burning in Massachusetts

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  • The trial and execution for petit treason, of Mark and Phillis, slaves of Capt. John Codman : who murdered their master at Charlestown, Mass., in 1755, for which the man was hanged and gibbeted, and the woman was burned to death : including, also, some account of other punishments by burning in Massachusetts

Names

  • Goodell, Abner Cheney, 1831-1914

Created / Published

  • Cambridge, [Mass.] : J. Wilson, 1883.

Headings

  • -  Mark (Slave)--Trials, litigation, etc
  • -  Phillis (Slave)--Trials, litigation, etc
  • -  Trials (Treason)--Massachusetts
  • -  African American criminals--Massachusetts

Notes

  • -  "The following pages are, with slight changes, a reprint from the Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society."--Prefatory note.
  • -  "200 copies printed."

Medium

  • 39 p. ; 24 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • KF223.M37 G66 1883

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2001615796

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Chicago citation style:

Goodell, Abner Cheney. The trial and execution for petit treason, of Mark and Phillis, slaves of Capt. John Codman: who murdered their master at Charlestown, Mass., in , for which the man was hanged and gibbeted, and the woman was burned to death: including, also, some account of other punishments by burning in Massachusetts. [Cambridge, Mass.: J. Wilson, 1883] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2001615796/.

APA citation style:

Goodell, A. C. (1883) The trial and execution for petit treason, of Mark and Phillis, slaves of Capt. John Codman: who murdered their master at Charlestown, Mass., in , for which the man was hanged and gibbeted, and the woman was burned to death: including, also, some account of other punishments by burning in Massachusetts. [Cambridge, Mass.: J. Wilson] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2001615796/.

MLA citation style:

Goodell, Abner Cheney. The trial and execution for petit treason, of Mark and Phillis, slaves of Capt. John Codman: who murdered their master at Charlestown, Mass., in , for which the man was hanged and gibbeted, and the woman was burned to death: including, also, some account of other punishments by burning in Massachusetts. [Cambridge, Mass.: J. Wilson, 1883] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2001615796/>.