John Punch (slave)
Sentenced to life
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Whereas [[Hugh Gwyn]] hath by order from this Board brought back from Maryland three servants formerly run away from the said Gwyn, the court doth therefore order that the said three servants shall receive the punishment of whipping and have thirty stripes apiece. One called Victor, a Dutchman, the other a Scotchman called James Gregory, shall first serve out their times with their master according to their Indentures, and one whole year apiece after the time of their service is expired by their said indentures in recompense of his loss sustained by their absence, and after that service to their said master is expired, to serve the colony for three whole years apiece. And that the third being a negro named John Punch shall serve his said master or his assigns for the time of his natural life here or elsewhere. |
Whereas [[Hugh Gwyn]] hath by order from this Board brought back from Maryland three servants formerly run away from the said Gwyn, the court doth therefore order that the said three servants shall receive the punishment of whipping and have thirty stripes apiece. One called Victor, a Dutchman, the other a Scotchman called James Gregory, shall first serve out their times with their master according to their Indentures, and one whole year apiece after the time of their service is expired by their said indentures in recompense of his loss sustained by their absence, and after that service to their said master is expired, to serve the colony for three whole years apiece. And that the third being a negro named John Punch shall serve his said master or his assigns for the time of his natural life here or elsewhere. |
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Three sources are cited in a 2012 article written by Jeffrey B. Perry, in which he quotes Ancestry.com, stating "'only one surviving [written] account ... certainly pertains to John Punch's life ... ' a paragraph from the ''Journal of the Executive Council of Colonial Virginia'', dated July 9, 1640:"[http://hnn.us/article/147609 There's No Basis for the Claims that John Punch was 'Indentured' -- Or That His Fellow Escapees Were 'White], Jeffrey B. Perry, History News Network, August 6, 2012See also, [http://hnn.us/article/147607 "John Punch Wasn't the First Slave in America -- Just the First Slave in the English Colonies"], {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20000902200802/http://www.pearlduncan.com/ Pearl Duncan]}}, History News Network, August 6, 2012 |
Three sources are cited in a 2012 article written by [[Jeffrey B. Perry]], in which he quotes Ancestry.com, stating "'only one surviving [written] account ... certainly pertains to John Punch's life ... ' a paragraph from the ''Journal of the Executive Council of Colonial Virginia'', dated July 9, 1640:"[http://hnn.us/article/147609 There's No Basis for the Claims that John Punch was 'Indentured' -- Or That His Fellow Escapees Were 'White], Jeffrey B. Perry, History News Network, August 6, 2012See also, [http://hnn.us/article/147607 "John Punch Wasn't the First Slave in America -- Just the First Slave in the English Colonies"], {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20000902200802/http://www.pearlduncan.com/ Pearl Duncan]}}, History News Network, August 6, 2012 |
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John H. Russell defined slavery in his book ''The Free Negro In Virginia, 1619–1865'': |
John H. Russell defined slavery in his book ''The Free Negro In Virginia, 1619–1865'': |
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