"On Septe 23, 169), a negro named Caesar was sentenced to
death in Monmouth County, the sentence providing that his
right hand should be cut‘ off, the defendant then to be
hanged and his body burned," "Slavery in Colonial New
Jersey and the Causes Operating Against Its Extension,"
by James C, Connolly; PROCEEDINGS OF NEW JERSEY HISTORICAL
SOCIETY, Series , Volume 1h, 1929, p 199,
"On Sept. 23, 169), a negro named Caesar was sentenced to
death in Monmouth County, the sentence providing that his
right hand should be cut! off, the defendant then to be
hanged and his body burned," "Slavery in Colonial New
Jersey and the Causes Operating Against Its Extension,"
by James C. Connolly; PROCEEDINGS OF NEW JERSEY HISTORICAL
SOCIETY, Series , Volume 1h, 1929, p 199,
"on Sept. 23, 1691, a negro named Caesar was sentenced to
death in Monmouth County, the sentence providing that his
right hand should be cuti off, the defendant then to be
hanged and his body burned," "Slavery in Colonial New
Jersey and the Causes Operating A Extei
by James C, Connolly; PROCEEDINGS OF NEW JERSE
SOCIETY, Series , Volume lh, 1929, p 199.
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"eeean instance given by Mr. Mellick. He says that in
169, a Justice presiding at the Monmouth court of sess-~
ions (Ne Je), sentenced a negro convicted of murder to
suffer as follows: 'Thy hand shall be cut off and burned
before thine eyes. Then thouxshalt be hanz;ed up by the
neck until thou armt dead, dead, dead; then thy body
shall be cut down and burned to ashes in a fire, and so
the Lord have mercy on thy soul, Caesar." (STORY ‘OF AN
OLD FARM, page 225.)by A. D. Mellick published in Somer-
ville, Ne Je, in 1889,
This from ASTUDY 0: SLAVERY IN NaW JERSEY by Henry Sco-
field Cooley. ub. Johns Hopkins Press, Baltimore, 1896
footnote, page 39, A more thorough account may be on
page 225 of Mellick's book.
CAGSAR
",.ean instance given by Mr. Mellick, He says that in
169) a Justice presiding at the Mormouth court of sess-
ions (Ne Je), sentenced a negro convicted of murder to
suffer as follows: 'Thy hand shall be cut off and burned
before thine eyes. Then thousshalt be hanzed up by the
neck until thou art dead, dead, dead; then thy body
shall be cut down and burned to ashes in a fire, and so
the Lord have mercy on thy soul, Caesar." (STORY ‘OF AN
OLD FARM, page 225.)by A. D. Mellick published in Somer-
Widleiy Ne diss in’ 2869s
This from ASTUDY O# SLAVERY IN NaW JERSEY by Henry Sco-
field Cooley. Pub. Johns Hopkins Press, Baltimore, 1896
footnote, page 39. A more thorough account may be on
page 225 of Mellick's book.
CABSAR
",.san instance given by Mr. Nellick. He says that in
169) a Justice presiding at the Mormouth court of sess-
ions (N. J.), sentenced a negro convicted of mrder to
suffer as follows: 'Thy hand shall be cut off and burned
before thine eyes. Then thouxshalt be hanjed up by the
nock until thou argt dead, dead, dead; then thy body
shall be cut down and burned to ashes in a fire, and so
the Lord have mercy on thy soul, Caesar," (STORY ‘OF AN
LD Bey A. D. Mellick published in Somer-
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ville, N. J., in ll
This from ASTUDY OF SLAVSRY IN NaW JERSEY by Henry Sco~
field Cooley. Fub. Johns Hopkins Press, Baltimore, 1896
footnote, page 39, A more thorough account may be on
page 225 of Mellick's book.
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