negro

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

upon their oaths do say we find upon examination the body is that of a negro man and suppose that he came to his death by drowning, and having no evidence before us cannot say when or where

COD Short Description: 
drowned by accident
Original Record: 
2744

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