Citation - South Carolina Gazette (Crouch): 1769.05.16

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Index Entry Concert, in Boston, Negro drummer beat drum during 
Location Boston 
Citation
SCGCJ.769.019
16 May 1769:12 (180)
Boston, Feb. 17.  There has been within these few days a
great many severe whippings; among the numbers chastised,
was one of the Negro drummers, who received one hundred
lashes, in part of one hundred and fifty, he was sentenced
to receive at the court martial;-- it is said this fellow
had ventured to beat time at a concert of music, given at
the manufactory house.


Generic Title South Carolina Gazette (Crouch) 
Date 1769.05.16 
Publisher Crouch, Charles 
City, State Charleston, SC 
Year 1769 
Bibliography B0045095
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