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George Barrington & D'Arcy Wentworth: the London Chronicle,…
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Melbourne
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30-May-2017
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George Barrington & D'Arcy Wentworth: the London Chronicle, December 8-10, 1789: This edition contains a lengthy and detailed report on Barrington's trial at the Old Bailey, also, a further mention of the notorious D'Arcy Wentworth. Also, a report on a slave revolt in Martinique which includes the publication of a letter threatening '...we will spread fire and blood through all the colony...' signed 'All the Negroes' and a note that 'One of the convicts who was sentenced for transportation to Botany Bay, contrived to escape on Hounslow Heath last Friday evening.
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Printed & Written Material: Historical Documents