| SLAVE WOMAN - Georgia
"Occasionally there were difficulties with some of the
slave population. In the late 1700's a slave woman was
hanged in Wilkes County for killing her master, Had the
situation been handled more fairly, she probably would
have been found to have quite valid reason for her
crime and the penalty lessened. However, John Mills, the
victim, was a prominent man and to avoid scandal as much
as possible, the Negro was speedily hangedeee" NO JUBILEE:
The Story of Confederate Wilkes by Robert M, “illingham,
Jre3 Washington, Gaes Wilkes Publishing Company, 1976;
page 536
| SLAVE WOMAN - Georgia
"Occasionally there were difficulties with some of the
slave population. In the late 1700's a slave woman was
hanged in Wilkes County for killing her master, Had the
situation been handled more fairly, she probably would
have been found to have quite valid reason for her
crime and the penalty lessened. However, John Mills, the
victim, was a prominent man and to avoid scandal as much
as possible, the Negro was speedily hangedeee NO JUBILEE:
The Story of Confederate Wilkes by Robert M,. Willingham,
dre; Washington, Gae: Wilkes Publishing Company, 1976;
page 536
SIAVE WOMAN - Georgia
ly there were di with some of the
slave population. In the late 1700's a slave woman was
hanged in Wilkes County for killing her master, Had the
situation been handled more fairly, she probably would
have been found to have quite valid reason for he:
crime and the penalty lessened. However, John Mills, the
victim, was a prominent man and to avoid scandal as mich
as possible, the Negro was speedily hangedees" NO JUBILEE
The Story of Confederate Wilkes by Robert M, ‘illingham,
Sres Washington, Gaet Wilkes Publishing Company, 1976;
page 53+
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