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Scott, John B. (1761-1814) [Indictment of Abram in the Easter Plot]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06338.06 Author/Creator: Scott, John B. (1761-1814) Place Written: Halifax County, Virginia Type: Document signed Date: 1802 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 32.3 x 19.7 cm. Order a Copy

Indictment of Abram by Scott as Deputy Attorney for the Commonwealth in a court of Oyer and Terminer. Abram, "a negro man slave the property of William Smith," is charged with conspiring to create an insurrection and plotting murder on [7 ?] March 1802.

"That the said Abram..did feloniously and wickedly consult advise and conspire to make insurrection... And...did wickedly maliciously & feloniously plot the murder of his said master Wm Smith...."

Related to the Easter Plot, also known as Sancho's Rebellion. Sancho, an earlier participant in Gabriel's Rebellion of 1800, instigated the Easter Plot, intended to take place on or around Good Friday 1802. The ferment spread through southern Virginia (including Halifax County), and northeastern North Carolina, resulting in the hanging of Sancho and four other participants.

Scott, John B., 1761-1814
Smith, William, fl. 1802
Sancho, d. 1802

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