Dying confession of Pomp
Subtitle: a Negro man, who was executed at Ipswich, on the 6th August, 1795, for murdering Capt. Charles Furbush, of Andover
By: taken from the mouth of the prisoner, and penned by Jonathan Plummer, Jun
Contributors: Pomp, -1795; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library
Edition: Electronic ed.
Publisher: University Library, UNC-Chapel Hill
Published: 2004
Place of publication: [Chapel Hill, N.C.]
Language: eng
Subjects: African Americans; Biography; African American criminals; Slaves; Murder; Executions and executioners; Slavery; Early works to 1800; Last words; Slaves' writings, American
Other titles: North American slave narratives.
Notes: Title from TEI Header (viewed January 13, 2005)

The original broadside is illegible at several points. Every effort has been made to provide an accurate transcription in the electronic edition.

This electronic edition is part of the UNC-CH digitization project's database, Documenting the American South.  It is a part of the collection North American slave narratives.

Text transcribed by Libby Chenault, Andrea Rosenberg, and Elizabeth S. Wright.  Image provided by Peabody Essex Museum. Text encoded by Elizabeth S. Wright.

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Transcribed from: Dying confession of Pomp : a Negro man, who was executed at Ipswich, on the 6th August, 1795, for murdering Capt. Charles Furbush, of Andover / taken from the mouth of the prisoner, and penned by Jonathan Plummer, Jun. [Newburyport, Mass. : Blunt and March] ; Printed for and sold by Jonathan Plummer, Jun., [1795]. 1 broadside. Text in four columns; relief cut of a hanging flanking title. Evans, 29329 Ford, W.C., Broadsides, 2759 McDade, T.M., Murder, 760.

Funding from the Academic Affairs Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill supported the electronic publication of this title.

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