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Narrative and confessions of Lucretia P. Cannon. : Who was tried, convicted, and sentenced to be hung at Georgetown, Delaware, with two of her accomplices. Containing an account of some of the most horrible and shocking murders and daring robberies ever committed by one of the female sex

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Consult: Wright, L.H. Amer. fiction, 1774-1850 (2nd ed.), 1942.For accounts of the crimes Lucretia P. (Patty) Cannon see Scharf, J. Thomas. History of Delaware, 1888, v. 2, p. 1306-1307."Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year of our Lord, 1842, by Clinton Jackson and Erastus E. Barclay, in the Clerk's Office for the Southern District of New York."--Verso of title page.Lucretia P. Cannon was illegal slave trader and co-leader of gang that kidnapped free blacks and fugitive slaves to sell into slavery in the South.Checklist of American imprints,42-3522Contemporary yellow paper wrapper; unlettered.ACQ: 32227; Medler; 7/29/1992.
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Barclay, E. E. (Erastus Elmer), 1820 or 1821-1888, copyright holder. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr89007681 http://viaf.org/viaf/36762264Jackson, Clinton, copyright holder. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2012047668 http://viaf.org/viaf/258923891
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Keywords

  1. African Americans
  2. Cannon, Lucretia P, 1829
  3. Criminals
  4. Delaware
  5. History
  6. James V. Medler Crime Collection
  7. Slave Trade
  8. Slave Traders
  9. Slaver
  10. Slavery
  11. Southern States
  12. To 1863
  13. Women
  14. Women Murderers
  15. Wrappers (Binding)

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