Dick

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

upon their oaths do say that the negro slave supposed to be Dick came to his death by drowning on Wednesday the 17th Instant at Camden boat yard

COD Short Description: 
drowned at Camden Boat Yard
Original Record: 
2769
Owner: 

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