sentence to life at the new state penitentiary.”
HONOR AND VIOLENCE IN THR OLD SOUTH, by Bertram
Wyaté-Brown; New York/Oxford; Uxford University
Press, 1986, page 175
Opa banged ¢ Tahicl two
sentence to life at the new state penitentiary."
HONOR AND VIOLENCE IN THE OLD SOUTH, by Bettram
Wyaté-Brown; New York/Uxford: Uxford University
Press, 1986, page 175
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CATO, a slave Mareh lé, 1602
At Caroline County Court of Oyer & Terminer on
February 9, 1802, Cato, the property of Edward
Broaddus, deceased, was convicted of murder,
Valued at $333.33. Sheriff certifies that the
hanging took place on March Z 12, 1802,
State Archives, Box 2, Item 1545, Env@lope 1802,
‘eeedn Caroline Co., Va., at the height of the
panic in 1802...neighbors petitioned for the
reprieve of a slave named Cato. His elder bro-
ther, Patrick, had slain their master; Cato had
merely helped to place the body under a fallen
tree to make the axing appear accidental, The
Governor and executive council commuted Cato's
t
CATO, a slave Loppers} March 12, 1802
At Caroline County Court of Oyer & Terminer on
February 9, 1802, Cato, the property of Edward
Broaddus, deceased, was convicted of murder,
Valued at $333.33. Sheriff certifies that the
hanging took place on March X 12, 1802,
State Archives, Box 2, Item 153, Env@lope 1802,
veeedn Caroline Co,, Va., at the height of the
panic in 1802..,neighbors petitioned for the
reprieve of a slave named Cato. His elder bro-
ther, Patvick, had slain their master; Cato had
merely helped to place the body under a fallen
tree to make the axing appear accidental, ‘The
Governor and executive council commuted Cato's
CaTO, a slave _Loneetrtex} March 12, 1802
At Caroline County Court of Oyer & Terminer on
February 9, 1802, Cato, the property of Edward
Broaddus, deceased, was convicted of murder,
Valued at $333.33. Sheriff certifies that the
hanging took place on March X 12, 1802,
ir the
elder bro-
ter; Cato ha:
body under a fallen
pear accidenta al. ene
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