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Title

A report of the trial of Arthur Hodge, Esquire : (late one of the members of His Majesty's Council for the Virgin-Islands) at the island of Tortola, on the 25th April, 1811, and adjourned to the 29th of the same month : for the murder of his Negro man slave named Prosper / stenographically taken by A.M. Belisario, Esquire, one of the grand jury who found the bill of indictment ; and certified to be impartial and correct by His Honor Richard Hetherington, Esq. president of the Virgin-Islands, and president of the court on this trial.

Author

Hodge, Arthur, -1811.

Publication

Middletown [Conn.] : Printed by Tertius Dunning, 1812.

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Additional Authors

• Belisario, A. M.
• Hetherington, Richard.
• Dunning, Tertius, 1770-1823
• Eells, Samuel, 1773-1856
• British Virgin Islands. Court of Oyer and Terminer and General Gaol Delivery.

Description

[2], 186, [2] p.; 19 cm.

Donor/Sponsor

Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Subjects

• Hodge, Arthur, -1811
• Slavery > British Virgin Islands > Tortola
• Prosper, -1807
• Slaves > Virgin Islands > Social conditions
• Hodge, Arthur, -1811 > Trials, litigation, etc
• Trials (Murder) > British Virgin Islands > Tortola
• Slavery > Virgin Islands > Treatment of slaves
• Murder > British Virgin Islands > Tortola

Note

• Tried in the Court of Oyer and Terminer and General Gaol Delivery, for the Virgin-Islands.
• Copyright Jan. 1, 1812, by Samuel Eells.
• Last [2] p. blank.
• First published in London in 1811.
• See: Ragatz, L.J. Guide for the study of British Caribbean history, 1763-1834, p. 468.

Indexed In (note)

• Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd ed.)
• Sabin, J. Dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time
• Shaw, R.R. American bibliography

Provenance (note)

• is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.

Call Number

Sc Rare C 83-50

OCLC

• 3507027
• NYPG84-B3559

Author

Hodge, Arthur, -1811.

Title

A report of the trial of Arthur Hodge, Esquire : (late one of the members of His Majesty's Council for the Virgin-Islands) at the island of Tortola, on the 25th April, 1811, and adjourned to the 29th of the same month : for the murder of his Negro man slave named Prosper / stenographically taken by A.M. Belisario, Esquire, one of the grand jury who found the bill of indictment ; and certified to be impartial and correct by His Honor Richard Hetherington, Esq. president of the Virgin-Islands, and president of the court on this trial.

Imprint

Middletown [Conn.] : Printed by Tertius Dunning, 1812.

Indexed In:

Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd ed.), Suppl. 1080

Sabin, J. Dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time, 32327

Shaw, R.R. American bibliography, 26592

Provenance

Copy in Sc Rare 343.1-H (accession no. B767505) is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN

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Local Subject

Slavery -- Virgin Islands -- Treatment of slaves.

Added Author

British Virgin Islands. Court of Oyer and Terminer and General Gaol Delivery.

Belisario, A. M.

Hetherington, Richard.

Dunning, Tertius, 1770-1823, printer.

Eells, Samuel, 1773-1856, copyright holder.

Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner.

Research Call Number

Sc Rare C 83-50

Sc Rare 343.1-H (Hodge, A. Report of the trial of Arthur Hodge)

SLN (Hodge, A. Report of the trial of A. Hodge)