Version: 4 (current) | Updated: 12/4/2025, 3:20:10 PM
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@jack:person {role: "Negro servant", died: @date_1774_02_16, death_location: @wallingford_ct}
@william_johnson:person {full_name: "William Johnson", occupation: "Landowner"}
@wallingford_ct:place {state: @connecticut, country: @united_states}
@new_haven_county:place {state: @connecticut, country: @united_states}
@connecticut_state_library:organization {full_name: "Connecticut State Library"}
@john_austin:person {full_name: "John Austin"}
@abraham_jones:person {full_name: "Abraham Jones"}
@james_joyce:person {full_name: "James Joyce"}
@nathl_jones:person {full_name: "Nathl Jones"}
@stephen_andrews:person {full_name: "Stephen Andrews"}
@hmos_rise:person {full_name: "Hmos Rise"}
@jemmisah_carle:person {full_name: "Jemmisah Carle"}
@nathl_carle:person {full_name: "Nathl Carle"}
@stephen_gale:person {full_name: "Stephen Gale"}
@aaron_cook:person {full_name: "Aaron Cook"}
@thomas_mannin:person {full_name: "Thomas Mannin"}
@john_hull:person {full_name: "John Hull"}
@inquest_jack_1774:event {date: @date_1774_02_16, location: @wallingford_ct, subject: "Death of Jack", verdict: "Accidental", jury: [@john_austin, @abraham_jones, @james_joyce, @nathl_jones, @stephen_andrews, @hmos_rise, @jemmisah_carle, @nathl_carle, @stephen_gale, @aaron_cook, @thomas_mannin, @john_hull]}
@jack_inquest_collection:document {title: "Inquest Documents for Jack, a Negro Servant, 1774", creator: [@john_austin, @abraham_jones, @james_joyce, @nathl_jones, @stephen_andrews, @hmos_rise, @jemmisah_carle, @nathl_carle, @stephen_gale, @aaron_cook, @thomas_mannin, @john_hull], institution: @connecticut_state_library, created: @date_1774_02_16, language: "en", subjects: ["Inquest","Death investigation","African American history","Slavery","Legal documents","New Haven County","Wallingford"], description: "Documents related to the inquest into the death of Jack, a Negro servant to Mr. William Johnson of Wallingford, New Haven County, in 1774. The jury of inquest found that Jack's death was accidental and not caused by malice."}
@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"}
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@file_rg003_nhsc_baai_ps_inquests_jack_002_jpg -> depicts -> @inquest_jack_1774:event
@jack -> servant of -> @william_johnson
@inquest_jack_1774:event -> took place in -> @wallingford_ct
@inquest_jack_1774:event -> part of -> @new_haven_county
@inquest_jack_1774:event -> recorded in -> @nhsc_baai_cases_papers_subject
@jack_inquest_collection -> includes -> @file_rg003_nhsc_baai_ps_inquests_jack_001_jpg
@jack_inquest_collection -> includes -> @file_rg003_nhsc_baai_ps_inquests_jack_002_jpgWallingford 16th Feby 1774 We the subscribers summoned as a jury of request to examine into the Reason & Cause of the Death of Jack a Negro, & servant to Mr. William Johnson of Wallingford in New Haven County being according to Law & having made Inquiry of the Evidence produced & from inspecting his Body do find that the aforesaid Jack came by his Death Casually and that there is not the least manner of Malice appearing whereby we can by any means suppose any one to be an accomplice to his Death but that the same happened according to the usual Dispositions of Divine Providence. John Austin Abraham Jones James Joyce Nathl Jones Stephen Andrews Hmos Rise Jemmisah Carle Nathl Carle Stephen Gale Aaron Cook Thomas Mannin John Hull
Jury of Inquest, Verdict— Jack—Negro Servant to Philemon Johnson Wallingford 1774
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