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Perault, a slave arrested in the conspiracy, testifies that Tom told him he had joined Gullah Jack's band. He admits that he himself belongs to Monday Gell's band. Testifies that the bands were to rise against the whites and Tom said this. He testifies that he met Tom at Denmark Vesey's home where June 16th was agreed on as the day of the uprising. He says that Gullah Jack was also there and that Monday had a list with 42 names on it, including his own, which was burnt after one of the men involved was captured. Says that he saw Jack Gullah carry spears to Monday Gell's shop.
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Testifies that he met Tom at Vesey's house on June 16th, but knew him before this. Says that Tom said nothing, but was willing to agree to all that was decided at the meeting.
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Charles Drayton, slave arrested in the conspiracy, testifies that Tom told him in Monday's shop that he was making pikes for Jack Gullah.
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Charles says that he did not meet Perault at Tom's shop, but at Monday's shop, and says that he was never in company with Tom and Perault together in this business.
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Monday Gell, a slave arrested in the conspiracy, testifies that Tom and Charles talked together at his shop once. Contends that he did not hear what was said between them. States that he had frequent conversations with Perault, but not with Tom.
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Mrs. Mark Marks testifies that Tom's owner, Mrs. Russell told her that Tom was with Gullah Jack at every mealtime and that she told him to lessen his contact with Jack lest he be arrested.
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James Mall, a white teenager, testifies that he worked in Tom's shop from February to the end of March. He states that several months later he received a message from Tom to come back to work, but that when he got there at the end of May, Tom would not employ him. He says that he saw Tom in his shop making something that resembled a long knife out of a file and that Tom makes edged tools.
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Says that he did not eat meals with Tom while working for him. Testifies that Gullah Jack was frequently at Tom's shop and that they talked together in Gullah, a language which he professes not to understand. He testifies that after arrests began, Tom said that he would not do as others had and tell upon others for money.
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