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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC06338.10 |
| From Archive Folder | Legal documents pertaining to the Easter Plot of 1802 |
| Title | Warrant to the Halifax County jailer to receive the slaves Sancho, Frank, Jim, and Phebey into custody |
| Date | 17 April 1802 |
| Author | Spragins, Mel (fl. 1802-1819) |
| Additional authors | Dejurnatt, James (fl. 1802) |
| Document Type | Legal document |
| Content Description | Spragins orders the Halifax County jail keeper to receive into custody "the body of Sancho a man slave now in the possession of Richard Booker of the s[ai]d County and said to be the property of John Booker of Amelia County Frank a negro man slave the property of Archer Robertson, Jim a man slave the property of James Booker and Phebey a negroe woman slave the property of David Price....and them safely keep till they shall be thence discharged by due course of Law." Docket indicates this is a mittimus (a type of warrant). Spragins was a justice of the peace. Also signed by [James?] Dejurnatt. |
| Subjects | Slavery Prisoner Slave Rebellion Judiciary Law Rebellion African American History Women's History |
| People | Spragins, Mel (fl. 1802-1819) Dejurnatt, James (fl. 1802) Sancho (d. 1802) |
| Place written | Halifax County, Virginia |
| Theme | Law; Slavery & Abolition; African Americans; Women in American History |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Additional Information | Related to the Easter Plot, also known as Sancho's Rebellion. Sancho, an earlier participant in Gabriel's Rebellion of 1800, instigated the Easter Plot, intended to take place on or around Good Friday 1802. The ferment spread through southern Virginia (including Halifax County), and northeastern North Carolina, resulting in the hanging of Sancho and four other participants. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |