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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

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Edition: Electronic edition
Publisher: [Chapel Hill, N.C.] : Academic Affairs Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2001.

General Note:: 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.

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Original Version Note:: 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.
Funding Information Note:: Funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities supported the electronic publication of this title.
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Subject:: Arthur 1747-1768; Metcalfe, Deborah; African American criminals Massachusetts Biography; African Americans Massachusetts Biography; Crime Massachusetts History 18th century; Fugitive slaves Massachusetts Biography; Last words; Rape Massachusetts History 18th century; Slavery Massachusetts History 18th century; Enslaved persons' writings, American Massachusetts; Enslaved persons Massachusetts Biography
Genre:: Slave narratives.