The address of Abraham Johnstone, a black man
Subtitle: who was hanged at Woodbury, in the county of Glocester, and state of New Jersey, on Saturday the the [sic] 8th day of July last; to the people of colour. To which is added his dying confession or declaration also, a copy of a letter to his wife, written the day previous to his execution
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 32320
Publisher: [s.n.]
Published: 1797
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 47
Subjects: Executions and executioners; African American criminals; Murder
Notes: Johnstone was hanged for the murder of Thomas Read, "a Guinea Negro."

"My real name is Benjamin Johnstone. But when I came to Jersey changed it, took my brothers viz. Abraham Johnstone."--p. [32].

Ascribed by Evans to the press of Robert Bell. However, the Philadelphia printer and publisher Robert Bell died in 1784, and no one else of that name is known to have printed in Philadelphia in the eighteenth century.

Signatures: A-D⁶ (D6 verso blank).

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