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@jupiter_branford_inquest_documents:collection {title: "Jupiter Branford Inquest Documents", created: @date_1742_04_09, institution: @connecticut_state_library, language: "en", description: "Documents related to the inquest of Jupiter, a Negro‑Boy of Jacob Ropes of Branford, who was found dead by hanging on April 9 1742."}
@connecticut_state_library:organization {full_name: "Connecticut State Library"}
@branford:place {state: "Connecticut", country: "United States"}
@jupiter:person {race: "African American", description: "Negro‑Boy found dead by hanging in 1742"}
@jacob_ropes:person {full_name: "Jacob Ropes"}
@inquest_event:event {description: "Inquest into the death of Jupiter Negro", when: @date_1742_04_09, where: @branford}
@jupiter -> son of -> @jacob_ropes
@jupiter -> subject of -> @inquest_event
@inquest_event -> jurors -> [@dan_barker, @james_hulse, @amos_johnson, @william_fancher, @bow_smith, @abraham_mullen, @john_weston, @abraham_page, @caleb_evans, @oliver_fisher, @benjamin_weston, @daniel_conkling]
@dan_barker:person {full_name: "Dan. Barker"}
@james_hulse:person {full_name: "James Hulse"}
@amos_johnson:person {full_name: "Amos Johnson"}
@william_fancher:person {full_name: "William Fancher"}
@bow_smith:person {full_name: "Bow Smith"}
@abraham_mullen:person {full_name: "Abraham Mullen"}
@john_weston:person {full_name: "John Weston"}
@abraham_page:person {full_name: "Abraham Page"}
@caleb_evans:person {full_name: "Caleb Evans"}
@oliver_fisher:person {full_name: "Oliver Fisher"}
@benjamin_weston:person {full_name: "Benjamin Weston"}
@daniel_conkling:person {full_name: "Daniel Conkling"}
@jupiter_branford_inquest_documents -> created by -> [@dan_barker, @james_hulse, @amos_johnson, @william_fancher, @bow_smith, @abraham_mullen, @john_weston, @abraham_page, @caleb_evans, @oliver_fisher, @benjamin_weston, @daniel_conkling]
@jupiter_branford_inquest_documents -> held by -> @connecticut_state_library
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@inquest_report:document {title: "Report of Inquest on Jupiter Negro", date: @date_1742_04_09, location: @branford, subject: @jupiter, verdict: "Suicide by hanging"}
@inquest_report -> about -> @jupiter
@inquest_report -> created on -> @date_1742_04_09
@inquest_report -> located at -> @branford
@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."}Branford April 9th, 1742 The Circuit of us, Subscribers being Summoned for a Jury of Inquest this 9th Day of April 1742 & under Oath as y, Law Directs: Our Circuit is of Jupiter a Negro-Boy of Jacob Ropes of Branford who this Morning was Found Dead Did Wilfully & with violence Murther himself by Hanging himself with a Sail Rope. Toth Dan. Barker James Hulse Amos Johnson William Fancher Bow Smith Abraham Mullen John Weston Abraham Page Caleb Evans Oliver Fisher Benjamin Weston Daniel Conkling Jurors
Jury Verdict on Jupiter Negro Inquest Branford Apr. 9, 1742 1742 Report of Inquest on Jupiter Negro
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