Scott, John B., 1761-1814 [Indictment of Phiby in the Easter Plot]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06338.03 Author/Creator: Scott, John B., 1761-1814 Place Written: Halifax County, Virginia Type: Document signed Date: 1802 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 18.9 cm, Width: 15.6 cm Order a Copy
One document dated 1802. Item is an indictment of Phiby written by John B. Scott, Deputy Attorney for the Commonwealth in a court of Oyer and Terminer. Phiby is identified as Black woman enslaved by Daniel Price. Document details that she has been charged with conspiring to murder Price and to organize an insurrection with other freedpeople, enslaved people and "mulattoes."
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