Mark Codman
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Comment: I suspect this will eventually make a good encyclopedia article, as it appears to be a significant historical subject. The problem is that the current draft needs significantly improved references. Each factual statement in the main body of the article needs an in-line citation. See WP:INCITE for details.In addition, the http://boston1775.blogspot.com/ source is probably not a WP:RS. It is self-described as History, analysis, and unabashed gossip.... That's not what we need.Please don't be discouraged by my declining the draft. Most first drafts get declined. I urge you to continue to work on this and research better sources. This should develop into a nice article with some work. -- RoySmith (talk) 23:34, 20 August 2018 (UTC)
Mark (?-September 18,1755) was a well-known African-American slave owned by John Codman of Massachusetts in the Boston area [1]. before the American Revolutionary War. Though some texts refer to Mark as Mark Codman[1], he was probably not referred to as 'Mark Codman' as giving a slave the surname of his master was not commonly done with New England slaves.[2]. Mark's publicly displayed body was a local landmark, as twenty years after Mark's execution, Paul Revere in his written account of his ride, wrote "nearly opposite where Mark was hung in chains, I saw two men on Horse back, under a Tree. When I got near them, I discovered they were British officers".[3] Mark was convicted of assisting in the successful poisoning of his master, John Codman,[1] and Mark was hanged, tarred, and his body displayed in an iron gibbet for several years at a well-known spot (at the time) in present day Somerville, Massachusetts.[4] Mark's sister Phillis was tried for the actual act of poisoning; she was convicted and burned alive.[4]
References
- ^ a b c Latour, Francie (26 September 2010). "New England's hidden history". boston.com. The Boston Globe. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
- ^ Catherine Adams and Elizabeth Pleck (2010), “Love of Freedom:”, p. 7. ,New York ISBN 0195389085
- ^ Revere, Paul (1798). "Letter from Paul Revere to Jeremy Belknap, circa 1798". www.masshist.org. Massachusetts Historical Society. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
- ^ a b George Francis Dow, John Henry Edmonds (1996). The Pirates of the New England Coast, 1630-1730, p. 113. Dover Publications, New York, . ISBN 0486290646.
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