JACK,
Jack, a black slave, was the property of Samuel Woolcott of Weathers-
field, Mass, On the night of July 1), 2&8 1681, he entered the
house of Lt. William Clark in North Hampton and, searching for food,
took a burning wood from the fire and carried it around the room
which, unfortunately, caught fire, After his arrest, Jack confessed
but when his trial came about he denied the deed and pleaded not
guilty. He was convicted and hanged in Boston on Teves 7) 1601,
In accordance with his Sentence, after he was dead, his body was
burned in the same fire in which Marja, a slave woman convicted of
a similar offense, was executed,
R&CORDS OF THE COURT OF ASSISTANTS OF THE COLONY OF TH MASSACHUSETTS
BAY, 1630-1692. 3 volumes, Published by Suffolk County, Boston,
1901-1908. Volume One, pages 198-199
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JACK,
Jack, a black slave, was the property of Samuel Woolcott of Weathers-
field, Mass. On the night of July 1), 2@f 1681, he entered the
house of Lt. William Clark in North Hampton and, searching for food,
took a burning wood from the fire and carried it around the roon
which, unfortunately, caught fire, After his arrest, Jack confessed
but when his trial came about he denied the deed and pleaded not
guilty. He was convicted and hanged in Boston on -o%% — 1681,
In accordance with his Sentence, after he was dead, his body was
burned in the same fire in which Marja, a slave woman convicted of
a similar offense, was executed,
RECORDS OF THE COURT OF ASSISTANTS OF THE COLONY OF THE MASSACHUSETTS
BAY, 1630-1692, 3 volumes. Published by Suffolk County, Boston,
1901-1908. Volume One, pages 198-199 eAnee
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field, Mass, On the night of duly, by ah 1681, se) entered the
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th Marja, a slave woman convicted of
a similar offense, was executed.
RECORDS OF THE COURT OF ASSISTAN' TS OF THE COLONY OF TH MASSAC ISE
BAY, 1630-1692. 3 volumes. Published by Suffolk County, Boston,
1901. 1908. Volume One, pages 198-199
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