The luckier ones.

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[The following is in regards to punishments meted out to caught runaway slaves in Jamaica during the late 17th century.]

The courts tried runaway slaves, and the guilty were ushered out to the gallows, followed by their owners. The luckier ones avoided the penalty for rebellion: being nailed to the ground with crooked sticks and having fire applied first to the hands, then the legs, then the head. (“The pains,” Sloane reported, “are extravagant.”)

Source:

Talty, Stephan. “Apocalypse.” Empire of Blue Water: Captain Morgan’s Great Pirate Army, the Epic Battle for the Americas, and the Catastrophe That Ended the Outlaws’ Bloody Reign. New York: Crown Publishing Group (NY), 2007. 290. Print.

Further Reading:

Sir Hans Sloane, 1st Baronet, PRS

[**The following is in regards to punishments meted out to caught runaway slaves in Jamaica during the late 17th century.**] >The courts tried runaway slaves, and the guilty were ushered out to the gallows, followed by their owners. The luckier ones avoided the penalty for rebellion: being nailed to the ground with crooked sticks and having fire applied first to the hands, then the legs, then the head. (“The pains,” [Sloane](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2a/Sir_Hans_Sloane._Mezzotint_by_J._Faber%2C_junior%2C_1729%2C_after_Wellcome_L0008070.jpg) reported, “are extravagant.”) __________________________ **Source:** Talty, Stephan. “Apocalypse.” *Empire of Blue Water: Captain Morgan’s Great Pirate Army, the Epic Battle for the Americas, and the Catastrophe That Ended the Outlaws’ Bloody Reign*. New York: Crown Publishing Group (NY), 2007. 290. Print. __________________________ **Further Reading:** [Sir Hans Sloane, 1st Baronet, PRS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Sloane)

The luckier ones.

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