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The New Hampshire Gazette And Historical Chronicle
Portsmouth, Greenland, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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Capt. Eve reports from Philadelphia the capture and severe punishment of three runaway negroes in the Bay of Honduras, including mutilation and burning, and the arrival of British ships to suppress the remaining fugitives in Jamaica.
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Capt. Eve, from the Bay of Honduras, informs that a few days before he sailed, they had taken three of the runaway negroes. That they chained two of them to a stake, cut off their right hands, and then set fire to them; the other was hung in chains, he lived 7 days, and was taken down and burnt.---Capt. Eve further informs us, that the Packet, which went up to Jamaica, to the Admiral, arrived there the day he sailed, in company with his Majesty's ship Garland, in order to suppress the Negroes, and when the last were brought in, there were only two left in the bush, and it was supposed they were lost.
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Bay Of Honduras
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A Few Days Before He Sailed
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three runaway negroes captured: two chained to a stake, right hands cut off, then set fire to; one hung in chains for 7 days, then taken down and burnt. only two left in the bush, supposed lost.
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Capt. Eve informs of the capture of three runaway negroes shortly before his departure. Two were chained to a stake, had their right hands cut off, and were burned. The third was hung in chains, survived 7 days, then taken down and burnt. A Packet arrived in Jamaica with HMS Garland to suppress the Negroes, with only two remaining at large.