Somerset

First Name: Somerset
Description: 
slave
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
Cause of Death
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Transportation
COD Method/Implement: 
horse
COD Inquest Finding: 

do say upon their oaths that the said Somerset came to his death by accident arising from a fall from a horse

COD Short Description: 
fell from horse
Original Record: 
2690
Owner: 
Dr. E. H. Anderson

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