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Rappahannock County Minute Book E p. 327
Identifier: 2017.1.89
Description:
Martin, a slave, the property of Francis Burgess, accused of striking, stabbing, and thrusting with a knife, the abdomen and breast of Martha, also a slave of Francis Burgess, leaving a mortal wound in the breast 2 inches wide and 5 inches deep. He was to be punished with sale or transportation outside of the United States and was valued at $800.
Martin, a slave, the property of Francis Burgess, accused of striking, stabbing, and thrusting with a knife, the abdomen and breast of Martha, also a slave of Francis Burgess, leaving a mortal wound in the breast 2 inches wide and 5 inches deep. He was to be punished with sale or transportation outside of the United States and was valued at $800.