Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 8 May 1811

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At the age of six Hughes weighed about 92 kilograms (200 lb); at ten, he weighed 171 kilograms (380 lb). By the time of his death, he weighed almost half a ton.
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BirthFactDeath (-) Wednesday 8th of May 1811 214 years ago
Plantation farmer and slave owner Arthur William Hodge is executed by hanging at the age of 48 in Tortola, British Virgin Islands, United Kingdom. Hodge was the first West Indian slave owner to be executed for the murder of a slave considered his property.