Scott, John B., 1761-1814 [Indictment of Abram in the Easter Plot]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06338.06 Author/Creator: Scott, John B., 1761-1814 Place Written: Halifax County, Virginia Type: Document signed Date: 1802 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 32.3 x 19.7 cm. Order a Copy
Indictment of Abram by Scott as Deputy Attorney for the Commonwealth in a court of Oyer and Terminer. Abram, "a negro man slave the property of William Smith," is charged with conspiring to create an insurrection and plotting murder on [7 ?] March 1802.
"That the said Abram..did feloniously and wickedly consult advise and conspire to make insurrection... And...did wickedly maliciously & feloniously plot the murder of his said master Wm Smith...."
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