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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. Cover Image E-book

The life, and dying speech of Arthur, a Negro man [electronic resource] : who was executed at Worcester, October 20, 1768 : for a rape committed on the body of one Deborah Metcalfe.

Arthur, 1747-1768 (Author). University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project) (Added Author). University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. (Added Author).

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  • Physical Description: 1 online resource
  • Edition: Electronic edition
  • Publisher: [Chapel Hill, N.C.] : Academic Affairs Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2001.

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Text transcribed by Elizabeth Wright. Text encoded by Elizabeth Wright and Natalia Smith.
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.
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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Funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities supported the electronic publication of this title.
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Rape > Massachusetts > History > 18th century.
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Enslaved persons' writings, American > Massachusetts.
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