Basto, MA, 1676

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COLONY OF MASSACEUSETTS BAY, Vol. 5, pp117=118

COLONY OF MASSACHUSETTS BAY, Vol. 5, pp117-118

COLONY OF MASSACHUSETTS BAY, Vol. 5, pp117~118

BASTO : NOT EXECUTED

"In 1676, one Basto, a Negro slave, committed rape on
his master's child and was hangedeee"

LYNCH-LAW by James Elbert Cutler, Published 1905, Re-
published, 1969 by Patterson Smith, Montclair, Ne Je
éll-212. See"Records of the Court of Assistanst of the
aia of the Massachusetts Bay" (Je Noble, 1901) Page

i

",eeBasto, a slave belonging to Robert Cox, of Boston, was
sentenced to be hanged for raping the three-year-old daugh-
ter of his mastereee' THE NEGRO IN COLONIAL NEW ENGLAND, by
Lorenzo Johnsben Greene; New York: Columbia Unive. Press,
19423 p 156

Bentence reduced te corporal punishment RECORDS OF THE

BASTO " NOT EXECUTED

"In 1676, one Basto, a Negro slave, committed rape on
his master's child and was hangedeee"

LYNCH-LAW by James Elbert Cutler, Published 1905, Re-
published, 1969 by Patterson Smith, Montclair, Ne Jo
211-212. See"Records of the Court of Assistanst of the
eed of the Massachusetts Bay" (Je Noble, 1901) rPage

tt
".eeBasto, a slave belonging to Robert Cox, of Boston, was
sentenced to be hanged for raping the three-year-old daugh-|
ter of his mastereee" THE NEGRO IN COLONIAL NEW ENGLAND, by|
Lorenzo Johnston Greene; New York: Columbia Unive Press,
19423 p 156

Bentence reduced to corporal punishment RECORDS OF THE

BASTO NOT EXECUTED
"In 1676, one Basto, a Negro slave, committed rape on
his master's child and was hanged..."

LYNCH-LAW by James Elbert Cutler, Published 1905, Re-
published, 1969 by Patterson Smith, Montclair, Ne Je
211-212. See"Records of the Court of Assistanst of the

eee) of the Massachusetts Bay" (J, Noble, 1901) :Page
7

",.sBasto, a slave belonging to Robert Cox, of Boston, was
sentenced to be hanged for raping the three-year-old daugh-
ter of his master..." THE NEGRO IN COLONIAL NEW ENGLAND, by
Lorenzo Johnston Greene; New York: Columbia Univ, Pressy
19423 p 156

Bentence reduced te corporal punishment RECORDS OF THE

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