Furbush, MA, 1795

In the book "The History of Ipswich, Essex and Hamilton" (Massachusetts) by Joseph B. Felt, Cambridge, printed by Charles Folsom 1834:

1795:  Aug 6th, Pomp, a negro, was hung at Ipswich, for killing his master, Captain Charles Furbush, of Andover.  Before his execution, he was carried into the meeting house at 11 o'clock.  Mr. Frisbie prayed and Mr. Dana preached from the words, "He that sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed".  Mr. Bradford of Rowley prayed at the gallows.  Pomp remained unaffected through the whole of so awful a scene.  He was directed to call on God for mercy, and he formally complied.  His mind had been so little instructed and his heart so left to moral darkness, that he appeared to have no realizing perception of his guilt or of his danger in being suddenly sent into eternity.  The little while he was under the care of the Ipswich ministers, they faithfully did what they could to correct the gross errors of his long neglected education.
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