Jefferson

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

upon their oaths do say that the said boy Jefferson came to his death by a gun shot wound inflicted upon him accidentally by a boy named Isaac belonging to Capt. B. Haile.

COD Short Description: 
accidentally shot by fellow slave
Original Record: 
2752
Owner: 
H. R. Cook

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