@execution_documents:concept {description: "Legal documents related to execution of judgments, such as writs, warrants, and returns"}

@executions:concept {description: "Legal process of carrying out a court‑ordered death penalty or enforcement of a judgment"}

@judgments:concept {description: "Court decisions awarding relief or determining liability"}

@court_cases:concept {description: "Legal disputes brought before a court"}

@land_ownership:concept {description: "Legal rights and documents concerning ownership of land"}

@crime:concept {description: "Acts prohibited by law"}

@rape:concept {description: "Sexual assault crime"}

@crime_and_punishment:concept {description: "Legal framework linking criminal acts to penalties"}

@execution_writ:concept {description: "Writ ordering execution of a judgment"}

@auction:concept {description: "Public sale of property to satisfy a debt"}

@settlement:concept {description: "Agreement resolving a legal dispute"}

@execution_warrants:concept {description: "Documents authorizing execution of a sentence"}

@slave_punishment:concept {description: "Punitive measures applied to enslaved individuals"}

@criminal_cases:concept {description: "Legal cases involving alleged crimes"}

@punishment:concept {description: "Penalty imposed for wrongdoing"}

@indian_man:concept {description: "Reference to a Native American male individual"}

@colonial_america:concept {description: "Historical period of American colonies before independence"}

@historical_records:concept {description: "Documents preserving historical information"}

@murder:concept {description: "Unlawful killing of a person"}

@criminal_justice:concept {description: "System of law enforcement, courts, and corrections"}

@slavery:concept {description: "System of forced labor and ownership of people"}

@financial_accounts:concept {description: "Records of monetary transactions and balances"}

@legal_costs:concept {description: "Expenses incurred in legal proceedings"}

@legal_proceedings:concept {description: "Process of conducting a lawsuit"}

@court_judgments:concept {description: "Official decisions issued by a court"}

@hampton:person {status: "free Negro", role: "plaintiff"}

@file_pinax:file {title: "New Haven County Superior Court Execution Records Collection: Black, African American, and Indigenous History", type: "Collection", creator: [@new_haven_county_superior_court, @hampton, @john_martin, @samuel_clark, @samuel_smith, @charles_chauncey, @james_hillhouse, @john_peck_jr, @alexander_harrison, @thomas_gilbert_florillium_landon, @ephraim_dyer, @jno_w_smith, @joseph_mannheim, @james_h_townsend, @joseph_kneival, @jesse_kneival, @joth_fitch, @timothy_malachy], institution: @connecticut_state_library, created: @date_1770, end: @date_1841, language: "en", access_url: "PLACEHOLDER", rights: "Public domain (assuming based on date and nature of content)"}

@file_pinax -> creator -> [@new_haven_county_superior_court, @hampton, @john_martin, @samuel_clark, @samuel_smith, @charles_chauncey, @james_hillhouse, @john_peck_jr, @alexander_harrison, @thomas_gilbert_florillium_landon, @ephraim_dyer, @jno_w_smith, @joseph_mannheim, @james_h_townsend, @joseph_kneival, @jesse_kneival, @joth_fitch, @timothy_malachy]

@file_pinax -> subject -> [@execution_documents, @legal_cases, @african_american_history, @new_haven_county, @debt_collection, @slavery_and_freedom, @executions, @black_african_american_and_indigenous_history, @court_records, @legal_documents, @summons, @witness_testimony, @assault_and_battery, @slave_narratives, @new_haven_county_superior_court, @financial_accounts, @legal_costs, @legal_proceedings, @judgments, @court_cases, @court_judgments, @land_ownership, @crime, @rape, @crime_and_punishment, @execution_writ, @property_levy, @auction, @settlement, @nineteenth_century_law, @execution_warrants, @slave_punishment, @criminal_cases, @punishment, @indian_man, @colonial_america, @historical_records, @murder, @criminal_justice, @slavery]

@file_pinax -> place -> [@cheshire, @new_haven, @new_haven_county, @st_christopher, @cromwell_connecticut, @orange, @wallingford, @north_haven, @watertown, @connecticut]

@file_pinax -> includes -> [@hampton_vs_martin_clark, @harrison_vs_lanson_gilbert_collection, @joseph_mountain_execution_documents_collection, @platt_vs_lanson:case, @timothy_malankuss_execution_records_collection, @moses_paul_execution_case_collection]

@file_pinax -> indexed by -> @nhsc_baai_cases_papers_subject

@hampton_vs_martin_clark -> part of -> @file_pinax

@harrison_vs_lanson_gilbert_collection -> part of -> @file_pinax

@joseph_mountain_execution_documents_collection -> part of -> @file_pinax

@platt_vs_lanson:case -> part of -> @file_pinax

@timothy_malankuss_execution_records_collection -> part of -> @file_pinax

@moses_paul_execution_case_collection -> part of -> @file_pinax

@hampton -> plaintiff in -> @hampton_vs_martin_clark

@john_martin -> defendant in -> @hampton_vs_martin_clark

@samuel_clark -> defendant in -> @hampton_vs_martin_clark

@alexander_harrison -> creator of -> @harrison_vs_lanson_gilbert_collection

@thomas_gilbert_florillium_landon -> creator of -> @harrison_vs_lanson_gilbert_collection

@ephraim_dyer -> creator of -> @execution_warrant

@jno_w_smith -> creator of -> @execution_return_joseph_mountain

@joseph_mannheim -> creator of -> @mountain_joseph_execution_receipt

@joth_fitch -> creator of -> @file_pinax

@timothy_malachy -> creator of -> @timothy_malankuss_execution_records_collection

@new_haven_county_superior_court:organization {abbreviation: "NHSC", location: @new_haven, description: "New Haven County Superior Court Files (Record Group 3, Connecticut State Library)"} 

@new_haven_county_superior_court -> creator of -> @file_pinax

@new_haven_county_superior_court -> indexed by -> @nhsc_baai_cases_papers_subject

@nhsc_baai_cases_papers_subject:concept {description: "Subject‑index field for New Haven County Superior Court files concerning Black, African American, and Indigenous cases and papers"} 

@nhsc_baai_cases_papers_subject -> applied to -> @hampton_vs_martin_clark

@nhsc_baai_cases_papers_subject -> applied to -> @harrison_vs_lanson_gilbert_collection

@nhsc_baai_cases_papers_subject -> applied to -> @joseph_mountain_execution_documents_collection

@nhsc_baai_cases_papers_subject -> applied to -> @platt_vs_lanson:case

@nhsc_baai_cases_papers_subject -> applied to -> @timothy_malankuss_execution_records_collection

@nhsc_baai_cases_papers_subject -> applied to -> @moses_paul_execution_case_collection

--- SYNTHESIS ---

The @file_pinax metadata aggregates a broad set of execution‑related case collections spanning 1770‑1841, all indexed by the common subject field @nhsc_baai_cases_papers_subject. Individual cases such as @hampton_vs_martin_clark, @harrison_vs_lanson_gilbert_collection, @joseph_mountain_execution_documents_collection, @platt_vs_lanson:case, @timothy_malankuss_execution_records_collection, and @moses_paul_execution_case_collection are each linked to the same indexing schema, demonstrating a unified cataloging approach across the New Haven County Superior Court (NHSC) holdings. Creators (plaintiffs, defendants, clerks, and recorders) appear repeatedly across files—e.g., @hampton (free Negro plaintiff) in the Hampton case, @john_martin and @samuel_clark as defendants, and court officials such as @james_h_townsend and @joseph_kneival in later collections—illustrating continuity of personnel and administrative structures within the NHSC archival project. The extensive subject list connects concepts of execution, debt collection, slavery, property, and criminal law, revealing thematic patterns of how Black, African American, and Indigenous individuals intersected with colonial‑era legal processes in Connecticut.