News Article Reporting the Death of an Enslaved Person Named Quaco

Authors

Pricleau

Files

Description

News article reporting the death of an enslaved man named Quaco, who reportedly attacked his overseer, a man named Denham, after Denham struck Quaco's wife; Denham shot Quaco, who was enslaved by a Mr. Pricleau

ISBN

MUM00431_stone_b1_f4_010

Publication Date

6-7-1787

Relational Format

archival material

City

Charleston (S. C.)

Keywords

Enslaved persons ; Slaveholders ; Slavery -- South Carolina ; Slavery -- South Carolina -- History -- Sources

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Recommended Citation

Pricleau, "News Article Reporting the Death of an Enslaved Person Named Quaco" (1787). Lantern Project. 95.
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/lanternproject/95

Original Format

article

Original Collection

Alfred H. Stone Collection, Archives & Special Collections, University of Mississippi Libraries

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