Index Entry | Esquire, B E, author of lyric [beg] Tis past: --ah! calm thy cares to rest! |
Location | Jamaica |
Citation | IL.778.023 23 Nov 1778:41 (1/24) The Negro's Dying Speech on his being executed for Rebellion in the island of Jamaica; by B. E. Esquire. 'Tis past: --ah! calm thy cares to rest! Firm and unmov'd am I:-- In freedom's cause I bar'd my breast,-- In freedom's cause I die. . . . [9 Verses follow.] |
Generic Title | Independent Ledger |
Date | 1778.11.23 |
Publisher | Draper and Folsom |
City, State | Boston, MA |
Year | 1778 |
Bibliography | B0018127 |