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GEORGE BARRINGTON & D'ARCY WENTWORTH: THE LONDON CHRONICLE
December 8-10, 1789: This edition contains a lengthy and detailed report on Barrington's trial at the Old Bailey; also, a further mention of the notorious D'Arcy Wentworth. Also, a report on a slave revolt in Martinique which includes the publication of a letter threatening "...we will spread fire and blood through all the colony..." signed "All the Negroes" and a note that "One of the convicts who was sentenced for transportation to Botany Bay,,,,,contrived to escape on Hounslow Heath last Friday evening."
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