GHAR. Chorstian (att) ee
Sharp, a slave, had escaped from bondage and made his way North
where 2 aes was captured by a slave drover, Robert Carlile of
Woodford City, Ky. KSEXXE Carlile was in the process of returning _
Sharp to the South and slavery when Sharp turned on him as they
passed through Washington, Pa., and killed him. Sharp was con=
victed of the crime and hanged at Washington on Nov. 21, 1828,
The rope broke and it was necessary ue hang him ¢ a _ second time be-
fore he was dead. ran
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SHARP, Christian (Kit)— ; i Hf
Sharp, a slave, had escaped from bondage and made his way North
where he H&& was captured by a slave drover, Robert Carlile of
Woodford City, Ky. KEXXE Carlile was in the process of returning
Sharp to the South and slavery when Sharp turned on him as they
passed through Washington, Pa., and killed him. Sharp was con=
victed of the crime and hanged at Washington on Nov, 21, 1828.
The rope broke and it was necessary to hang him a second time be-
fore he was dead.
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SHARP; Christian (Kit)
arp, a slave, had escaped from pondage and made his way N
pa
he HHA was cap’
ih tured by a slave acoiers rt Carlile of
Woodford City, Ky. GEE
the process of returning
ged ab “Mashingion ot on hie
@ broke and it was necess 0 ha
fore he was dead.
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