Sam

First Name: Sam
Description: 
negro man
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
Cause of Death
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Transportation
COD Method/Implement: 
train
COD Inquest Finding: 

that said boy came to his death. . .by being Run over by the night express train

COD Short Description: 
run over by train
Original Record: 
3546
Owner: 
Mrs. Mary Mills

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