Henry

First Name: Henry
Description: 
slave
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
Cause of Death
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Exposure
COD Inquest Finding: 

do say that the said Henry did come to his death?on the night of the 24th instant, by intoxication, or being intoxicated and lying out in the wet died of expsoure or?.came to his death by misfortune by the act of God.

COD Short Description: 
intoxication
Original Record: 
2359
Owner: 
Baley John Earle

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