Sketches of the life of Joseph Mountain, : a Negro, who was executed at New-Haven, on the 20th day of October, 1790, for a rape, committed on the 26th day of May last. : (The writer of this history has directed that the money arising from the sales thereo

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Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Sketches of the life of Joseph Mountain, : a Negro, who was executed at New-Haven, on the 20th day of October, 1790, for a rape, committed on the 26th day of May last. : (The writer of this history has directed that the money arising from the sales thereo

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Title: Sketches of the life of Joseph Mountain, : a Negro, who was executed at New-Haven, on the 20th day of October, 1790, for a rape, committed on the 26th day of May last. : (The writer of this history has directed that the money arising from the sales thereo
Creator: Daggett, David, 1764-1851
Mountain, Joseph, 1758-1790
Contributor: Mountain, Joseph,--1758-1790
Published / Created: [1790]
Publication Place: New-Haven :
Publisher: Printed and sold by T. & S. Green,
Description: First-person narrative, prepared by David Daggett (cf. Dexter's Yale graduates) and signed by Mountain. "The writer of the following narrative assures the public, that the facts related were taken from the mouth of the culprit."--note, p. [20], signed: Jo
Extent: 19, [1] p. ; 20 cm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been partially digitized.
Language: English

Collection Information

Repository: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number: JWJ Zan M864 790S

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Format: text
Genre: biographies (AAT)
title pages (AAT)
Resource Type: Books, Journals & Pamphlets
Subject (Name): Mountain, Joseph,--1758-1790
Subject (Topic): African American criminals
Executions and executioners--Connecticut--New Haven
Rape--Connecticut

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Citation: Evans 22441
Trumbull, J.H. Connecticut, 1132

Identifiers

Orbis Record: 1211446
Object ID (OID): 10105360