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Slave insurrection planned in Virginia...
Slave insurrection planned in Virginia...
Item # 693158
May 18, 1802
NEW-ENGLAND PALLADIUM, Boston, May 18, 1802 Page 2 has an item concerning clockmaker Jacob Alrichs. Also a report of a slave insurrection near Lynchburg, noting: "...that a conspiracy among the negroes there...some of the ringleaders...are in custody...The plan of those misguided wretches was to have...massacred their masters & all others that opposed their measures...to effect their freedom or perish in the attempt."
Four pages, very nice condition.
Category: Pre-Civil War