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  • Goodell, Abner Cheney, Jr. The Trial of and Execution, for Petit Treason of Mark and Phillis, Slaved of Capt. John Codman. Cambridge: University Press, 1883. https://cdn.loc.gov/service/ll/llst/023/023.pdf 
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