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1739: Seven of nine Williamsburg malefactors

November 23rd, 2012 Headsman

No, not that Seven of Nine. We have no further details on offer about these poor souls, but we thought the assortment of crimes — a mother for murdering her bastard child; a highwayman; an overseer for whipping a slave to death — and the editorial rant about the governor‘s abus’d Clemency, made for a colorful slice of life.

Image: Account of a Williamsburg, Va. mass hanging on Nov. 23, 1739

(Virginia Gazette, Nov. 23, 1739.)

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Entry Filed under: 18th Century,Abortion and Infanticide,Capital Punishment,Common Criminals,Crime,Death Penalty,Execution,Hanged,History,Mass Executions,Murder,Not Executed,Pardons and Clemencies,Public Executions,Theft,USA,Virginia,Women

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3 thoughts on “1739: Seven of nine Williamsburg malefactors”

  1. Meaghan says:

    But they actually used the word “murder” to describe the killing of the slave.

  2. JCF says:

    I suspect “Col. Braxton” was a man of some pull, and was majorly peeved to have had his property destroyed [I just threw up in my mouth as I typed that]

  3. Meaghan says:

    They actually hanged a guy for killing a slave?!

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