NorthShore Slavery

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Essex County Massachusetts Freedom Case Participants 1760 - 1783

Charles Furbush Yeoman (1736-1795)

Andover

Biography: Accused of currency forgery in 1771 along with his "Negro servant" Cesar (see Suffolk Files #132111 and #132112). Captain in Colonel Bridge's Regiment at Bunker Hill, 1775. Three sons died of illness in 1788. Acquired Pomp at 16 years old. Mistreated him and in 1795, Pomp murdered him. Pomp was publicly executed in Ipswich, the last public execution in Massachusetts.

Comments: SCJ Nov 1771 Reimbursed for Travel 30 miles; Attendance: 5 days. 0-14-3 SCJ June 1772 Reimbursed for Travel 50 miles Attendance 3 days 0-12-0

Casar vs. Samuel Taylor (1772) Summonsed and Reimbursed

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