Citation - Independent Ledger: 1778.11.23

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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
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