Posted on 05/11/2020 9:42:39 PM PDT by CheshireTheCat
On this date in 1775,* plantation owner William Pitman was hanged for murder in King George County, Virginia.
Pitman had a reputation as a brutal man and was no stranger to the Virginia courts; he had been making appearances since the 1750s. So perhaps it was not surprising that he got strung up eventually.
What is surprising, indeed perhaps unprecedented, is that the murder victim was one of his own slaves.
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Interesting tidbit I never knew about.
It was the testimony of this fellow’s own two children who got him hung. I wonder if they were abused. Payback is an awful thing
It was the testimony of this fellow’s own two children who got him hung. I wonder if they were abused. Payback is an awful thing
Depends on your point of view I reckon. 8>)
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