negro

Description: 
negro
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
Cause of Death
COD Category: 
Unknown
COD: 
Drowning
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say to the best of their knowledge the Boddy now before them is that of a negro man who came to his death by drowning but having no evidence before them cannot say when or where

COD Short Description: 
drowned by accident
Original Record: 
2741

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