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Title: 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

Author: Abner Cheney Goodell, Jr.

Release Date: August 28, 2008 [EBook #26446]

Language: English

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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.

BY

ABNER CHENEY GOODELL, JR.

CAMBRIDGE:
JOHN WILSON AND SON.
_University Press._
1883.

[200 copies printed.]

THE TRIAL AND EXECUTION

OF

MARK AND PHILLIS,

IN 1755.

[The following pages are, with slight changes, a reprint
from the Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical
Society, of a paper read before that Society, March 8, 1883,
in answer to a question propounded at a previous meeting,
relative to the authenticity of the tradition that a woman
was burned to death in Massachusetts in the year 1755. As