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Inquest of Hamed Quaste, 1770

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Description

Inquest of Hamed Quaste, 1770 Collection

Overview

This collection comprises the court‑record documents and digital surrogates of the 1770 inquest concerning Hamed Quaste, an enslaved servant of landowner Timothy Thompson, held in New Haven, Connecticut. The material is presented as a small digital archive: a PINAX metadata file, a JPEG scan, and a TIFF scan of the original inquest record. The collection is dated 8 August 1770 and is catalogued under the Connecticut State Library’s New Haven County Superior Court (NHSC) Black, African American, and Indigenous (BAAI) project, specifically the “Cases Paper Subject” index.

Background

The inquest was conducted by the New Haven County Superior Court and later digitised for the Connecticut State Library’s NHSC BAAI initiative, which seeks to preserve and make accessible court records involving Black, African American, and Indigenous individuals. The collection’s provenance is traced to the original court docket, now held in the state library’s archival holdings. The digital files were created to support research into early colonial legal practices concerning enslaved persons in New Haven County.

Contents

  • PINAX metadata record (JSON) detailing the collection’s bibliographic data, subject headings, and provenance.
  • JPEG image (RG003NHSCBAAIPSInquestsQuaste002.jpg) of the inquest record, including OCR‑extracted text: “Filed 8th June of Present August 1770 … Hamed Quaste – Negro … Servant of Timothy Thompson … New Haven.”
  • TIFF image (RG003NHSCBAAIPSInquestsQuaste002.tif) a high‑resolution scan of the same document, preserving the original layout and marginalia.
The collection is indexed under the NHSC BAAI Cases Papers Subject field, linking it to related court materials in the broader BAAI corpus.

Scope

The archive covers a single inquest event (1770‑08‑08) in New Haven County, focusing on the legal status of an enslaved individual. It includes only the primary court document and its digital surrogates; no ancillary correspondence, trial transcripts, or subsequent legal actions are present. The collection is geographically limited to New Haven, Connecticut, and temporally confined to the August 1770 inquest. It serves as a primary source for scholars studying colonial legal treatment of enslaved persons and the administrative practices of the New Haven County Superior Court.

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Raw Cheimarros Data

@inquest_quaste:event {title: "Inquest of Hamed Quaste, 1770", description: "Inquest documents related to Hamed Quaste, an enslaved person owned by Timothy Thompson, from August 1770 in New Haven County."}

@hamed_quaste:person {status: "enslaved", role: "servant"}

@timothy_thompson:person {occupation: "landowner"}

@new_haven_county_superior_court:organization {type: "court", jurisdiction: @new_haven_county:place, creator_of: @inquest_quaste}

@connecticut_state_library:organization {type: "state library", location: @connecticut:place}

@new_haven:place {city: "New Haven", county: @new_haven_county:place, state: @connecticut:place}

@new_haven_county:place {county: "New Haven County", state: @connecticut:place}

@connecticut:place {state: "Connecticut", country: @united_states}

@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_quaste_002_tif:file {type: "image", format: "tif"}

@inquest_quaste -> created by -> @new_haven_county_superior_court

@inquest_quaste -> held in -> @new_haven:place

@inquest_quaste -> involved -> @hamed_quaste

@inquest_quaste -> involved -> @timothy_thompson

@inquest_quaste -> documented by -> @file_pinax

@inquest_quaste -> documented by -> @file_rg003_nhsc_baai_ps_inquests_quaste_002_jpg

@inquest_quaste -> documented by -> @file_rg003_nhsc_baai_ps_inquests_quaste_002_tif

@inquest_quaste -> date -> @date_1770_08_08

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@inquest_quaste -> subject terms -> @nhsc_baai_cases_papers_subject

@file_pinax -> indexed in -> @nhsc_baai_cases_papers_subject

@file_rg003_nhsc_baai_ps_inquests_quaste_002_jpg -> indexed in -> @nhsc_baai_cases_papers_subject

@file_rg003_nhsc_baai_ps_inquests_quaste_002_tif -> indexed in -> @nhsc_baai_cases_papers_subject

Metadata

Files (2)

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OCR Text

Filed 8th June of Present August 1770 Hamed Quaste - Negro Servant of Timothy Thompson New Haven

Version History (4 versions)

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  • v2 · 12/4/2025, 6:41:06 AM · View this version
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    "Reorganization group: Inquest_Hamed_Quaste_1770"

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