Abner Cheney Goodell

The Trial and Execution, for Petit Treason, of Mark and Phillis, Slaves of Capt. John Codman Who Murdered Their Master at Charlestown, Mass., in 1755; for Which the Man Was Hanged and Gibbeted, and the Woman Was Burned to Death. Including, Also, Some Account of Other Punishments by Burning in Massachusetts

In colonial Massachusetts, a desperate act of rebellion leads to a shocking trial and barbaric punishments for two enslaved people who dared to plot against their master.

By Abner Cheney Goodell