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Participant Info
- Slaveholder
- John (or George) Bishop
- Locations
- Exeter, Berks County, Pennsylvania
- Researcher
- Stephen Harper
- Researcher's E-mail
- stephendanielharper AT hotmail.com
- Researcher Location
- Comments
- Elizabeth Bishop, wife of John Bishop (some sources list his name as George Bishop) was put on trial in May of 1772 for murdering a "negro wench" named Lucy or Louisa who was enslaved by her husband.
- On-line Tree or Website
- Documents related to the trial are accessible through Ancestry.com.
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