The life and adventures of Joseph Mountain, a Negro highwayman : Who practised robbing in England, France, Spain and Holland, about ten years, without detection, and was finally executed at Newhaven, in Connecticut, on the 20th of October, 1790, for committing a rape on the body of a respectable young girl of that town

The life and adventures of Joseph Mountain, a Negro highwayman : Who practised robbing in England, France, Spain and Holland, about ten years, without detection, and was finally executed at Newhaven, in Connecticut, on the 20th of October, 1790, for committing a rape on the body of a respectable young girl of that town. / Taken from his own mouth, in presence of reliable witnesses. ; [Eight lines of verse].

Author/creator	Mountain, Joseph, 1758-1790
Other author/creator	Daggett, David, 1764-1851.
Format	Book and Microform
Publication Info	Bennington, (Vermont) : Printed by Anthony Haswell, M,DCC,XCI. [1791]
Description	28 pages ; 19 cm.
Subject(s)	Mountain, Joseph, 1758-1790. Rape--Connecticut. African American criminals. Executions and executioners--Connecticut --New Haven.

Series	Early American imprints. First series ; no. 46146 Early American imprints. First series ; no. 46146. ^A478749
General note	First-person narrative, prepared by David Daggett (cf. Dexter's Yale graduates) and signed by Mountain. "The writer of the following narrative assures the public, that the facts related were taken from the mouth of the culprit."--note, p. [2], signed: Joseph Peck. John Punderson. Newhaven, October 1790.
References	Bristol B7675
References	Shipton & Mooney 46146
References	McCorison, M.A. Vermont, 198
Reproduction note	Joyner- Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 46146).

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