Haskell, Cato, MA, 1802

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

1802:  Nov. Cato Haskell is sentenced for manslaughter, to be branded on the forehead with M, and imprisoned for a year.  He belonged to this town, and had killed Charles Lewis, from Virginia, Oct. 12th with a scythe.  They were both colored men.  Cato broke jail and was not recovered.
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Contributed by: "Wendy Carroll" Canajen