Kate

First Name: Kate
Description: 
slave
Sex: 
Female
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
Cause of Death
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Injuries
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that they believe from the testimony of Jas. Love son that she came to her death by the falling of a tree accidentally upon her body

COD Short Description: 
tree fall
Original Record: 
2784
Owner: 
Ruth Nelson

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