Suffocation

Description: 
infant
Race: 
White
Child: 
infant
Owner: 
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that it was accidently smoothered by its mother

Description: 
slave child
Race: 
Black
Child: 
infant
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
Owner: 
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say . . .that it was either Smothered accidentaly or otherwise dyed natrualy

Description: 
nego child
Race: 
Black
Child: 
child
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
COD Inquest Finding: 

do say upon their Oaths that the Said child . . .died by accidentally getting Smothered

Description: 
female Infant Slave
Sex: 
Female
Race: 
Black
Child: 
infant
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say . . .the child dyed by the visitation of god or [?] have been axcidently Smothered by its mother

Description: 
female infant Slave
Sex: 
Female
Race: 
Black
Child: 
infant
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
Owner: 
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon oaths do say that . . .they do believe the child must have been Smothered by its mother in bed

Description: 
female Infant Slave
Sex: 
Female
Race: 
Black
Child: 
infant
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
Owner: 
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that . . .the child was . . .smothered in bed by its mother throuch[?] or by accident without having any intention to do so

Description: 
infant child
Sex: 
Female
Race: 
White
Child: 
infant
Parent(s): 
Nancy Thrift
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say . . .that the child came to its death by being smothered by its mother by accident

Description: 
slave
Sex: 
Female
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
Owner: 
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that . . .the child Lora she was accidently smothered by its mother

Description: 
infant slave
Race: 
Black
Child: 
infant
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon there oaths do say . . .the Decsd came to its Death by misfortune or accident occasioned by the overLaying of its mother

Description: 
slave
Sex: 
Female
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths doo say that . . .the said Jane was accidently or unknowinly smuthered by her mother or some one Else in bead

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