The Trial and Execution of Mark and Phillis, Slaves of Capt. John Codman

Abner Cheney Goodell, Jr. (1831-1914) was an American lawyer, author and editor. He lived in Salem, Massachusetts and was president of the New England Historic Society and the Massachusetts Historical Society. His works include: The Trial and Execution for Petit Treason of Mark and Phillis, Slaves of Capt. John Codman, Who Murdered Their Master at Charlestown, Mass., in 1755 (1883), An Account of the Seals of the Judicial Courts of the Colony and Province of the Massachusetts Bay, 1680-1780 (1883), Witchcraft in Massachusetts: Reasons for Concluding that the Act of 1711, Reversing the Attainders of the Persons Convicted of Witchcraft in Massachusetts in the Year 1692, Became a Law (1884), Further Notes on the History of Witchcraft in Massachusetts (1884), The Boston Massacre (1887), The Repulse of Beaucourt: An Episode of New England History (1894) and The First Meeting House in Salem, Massachusetts (1900).