Citation - Norwich Packet: 1778.12.14

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Index Entry Lyric, Negro [beg] Tis past:-ah! calm thy cares to rest! 
Location Norwich 
Citation
NP.778.058
14 Dec 1778:41 (6/272)
THE Negro'S DYING SPEECH on his being executed for rebellion
in the island of Jamaica.
'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 more verses]


Generic Title Norwich Packet 
Date 1778.12.14 
Publisher Trumbull, John 
City, State Norwich, CT 
Year 1778 
Bibliography B0033139
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