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Luke Quan murdered by Richard Denby, 1818

 New Jersey Mirror 25 Nov 1818 A Coroner's Inquest was held over the body of Luke Quan (a  colored  man) on November 19, 1818. The Jury decided "that the repeated blows given him by Richard Denby (a  colored  man) in an affray near Lumberton, on the 14th instant, occasioned his death." Denby has not yet been taken.