Lucy, KY, 1848 May

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"Shen Lucy, a slave of Meade Co., Ky., was hanged in May,
1848, for the mrder of her master, Lewis Hamilton,
several thousand people witnessed the execution and

‘slave owners for miles around brought their slaves to
show them what would happen if they killed their masters, '
EARLY TIMES IN MEADE COUNTY, by Ridenour, p 78," SLAVERY
IN KENTUCKY by J, Winston Coleman, “re; Chapel Hill, NeCot
Univ, of N, C, Press, 190; pp 268-69 ff,

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"Shen Lucy, a slave of Meade Co., Ky., was hanged in May,
1848, for the murder of her master, Lewis Hamilton,
several thousand people witnessed the execution and
‘slave owners for miles around brought their slaves to
show them what would happen if they killed their masters,!
EARLY TIMES IN MEADE COUNTY, by Ridenour, p 78, SLAVERY
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