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Gray, David

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Petition of David Gray to Governor James Wright asking mercy for his slave, sentenced to death for stealing a trunk belonging to William Moss. Signed David Gray. Dispensation on verso: "Granted on condition."

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Hargrett Library

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Digital Library of Georgia

Keywords

  1. Capital Punishment
  2. Colonial Period, Ca. 1600 1775
  3. Georgia
  4. Governors
  5. History
  6. Slaver
  7. Slaves
  8. Social Conditions

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