Documents concerning the trial and conviction of Surry
Container / Volume:
Box 1 | Folder 8
Image Count:
4
Abstract:
The document consists of a copy of a letter from Thomas Montgomery to the owners of slaves who testified at the trial. and 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.
Description:
In English. and Purchased from Chapel Hill Rare Books on the Henry R. Wagner Fund, 2007.
Subject (Geographic):
Lincoln County (Ky.)
Subject (Name):
Montgomery, Thomas 1779-1828 and Pettus, Thomas
Subject (Topic):
African Americans--Kentucky--Lincoln County, Slaves--Kentucky--Lincoln County., Trials (Murder)--Kentucky--Lincoln County., and Witnesses--Kentucky--Lincoln County.
