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Mary
1824–1838
United States
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Biography
Mary (c. 1824 – August 11, 1838) was an American enslaved teenager who was hanged for the murder of her master's daughter Vienna Brinker, a two-year-old girl whom she was babysitting. Her case was notable both for her youth and for the extended legal process that preceded her execution.
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