In 1828 Jeremiah Prior of Clay County, Missouri owned slaves. This included Annice and her children. On July 27, 1828, Annice pushed some of the slave children into a body of water where five of them drowned. The children's names were Ann, Billy, Nancy, Nelly, and Phebe. Billy was 5 and Nancy was 2 and the other's ages weren't stated and these two were Annice's children.
Annice did have a jury trial and a defense attorney. She was found guilty of the murders. It was possible she wanted to get back at Jeremiah and to take away some of his valuable property. The children were slaves and considered property. She was publically hanged on August 23, 1828, by Sheriff Shubael Allen.
This lead to Annice being known for the first slave woman in Missouri to be executed.
SOURCES:
Wikipedia
Women and Capital Punishment in the United States: An Analytical History
pg 117
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