The material consists of nine manuscript documents concerning the trial and conviction of Surry, an African American slave owned by Thomas Montgomery, for the murder of Moses, a slave owned by John Hyatt, in Lincoln County, Kentucky, in 1808. The docu...
Description:
In English.
Subject (Geographic):
Kentucky, Lincoln County., and Lincoln County (Ky.)
Subject (Name):
Montgomery, Thomas, 1779-1828. and Pettus, Thomas.
Subject (Topic):
African Americans, Enslaved persons, Trials (Murder), and Witnesses
