The life, and dying speech of Arthur, a Negro man
Subtitle: who was executed at Worcester, October 20, 1768 : for a rape committed on the body of one Deborah Metcalfe
Contributors: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library
Edition: Electronic ed.
Publisher: Academic Affairs Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Chapel Hill, N.C.]
Language: eng
Subjects: African Americans; Biography; African American criminals; Slaves; Fugitive slaves; Slavery; History; Crime; Rape; Last words; Slaves' writings, American
Other titles: North American slave narratives.
Notes: Title from electronic title page.

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Transcribed from: The life, and dying speech of Arthur, a Negro man : who was executed at Worcester, October 20, 1768 : for a rape committed on the body of one Deborah Metcalfe. Boston : printed and sold in Milk-Street [by Kneeland and Adams?], 1768. 1 p. Signed and dated at end: Worcester goal, Oct 18, 1768, Arthur. Probably printed by John Kneeland and Seth Adams, who were located in Milk Street from 1765-1772. Evans, 10822. Ford, 1426.

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