female Infant Slave

Description: 
female Infant Slave
Sex: 
Female
Child: 
infant
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
Cause of Death
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Suffocation
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say . . .the child dyed by the visitation of god or [?] have been axcidently Smothered by its mother

COD Short Description: 
smothered by mother
Original Record: 
3398
Owner: 
Mrs. Sarow Brandon

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