About: Rachel of Kittery, Maine

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Rachel of Kittery, Maine (died 1695) was an African-American enslaved woman in the New England state of Maine, who was murdered by her enslaver, Nathaniel Keen, who was subsequently put on trial on for murder. The trial established court precedent in the New England colonies for how juries ruled on murder cases that involved the slave owner murdering an enslaved individual. The only documentation that she existed is several paragraphs in the Province and Court Records of Maine. She was called Rachel and lived in the town of Kittery in York County, Maine. Rachel was a slave, who was owned and beaten to death by Nathaniel Keen in late 1694 or early 1695.

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  • Rachel of Kittery, Maine (died 1695) was an African-American enslaved woman in the New England state of Maine, who was murdered by her enslaver, Nathaniel Keen, who was subsequently put on trial on for murder. The trial established court precedent in the New England colonies for how juries ruled on murder cases that involved the slave owner murdering an enslaved individual. The only documentation that she existed is several paragraphs in the Province and Court Records of Maine. She was called Rachel and lived in the town of Kittery in York County, Maine. Rachel was a slave, who was owned and beaten to death by Nathaniel Keen in late 1694 or early 1695. (en)
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  • Rachel of Kittery, Maine (died 1695) was an African-American enslaved woman in the New England state of Maine, who was murdered by her enslaver, Nathaniel Keen, who was subsequently put on trial on for murder. The trial established court precedent in the New England colonies for how juries ruled on murder cases that involved the slave owner murdering an enslaved individual. The only documentation that she existed is several paragraphs in the Province and Court Records of Maine. She was called Rachel and lived in the town of Kittery in York County, Maine. Rachel was a slave, who was owned and beaten to death by Nathaniel Keen in late 1694 or early 1695. (en)
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  • Rachel of Kittery, Maine (en)
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