Wesley

First Name: Wesley
Description: 
male slave, child
Sex: 
Male
Child: 
child
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
Cause of Death
COD Category: 
Homicide
COD: 
Blunt Instrument
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that they believe that the said male slave Wesley came to his death by blows given by Joe a slave the Property of F Oconner

COD Short Description: 
killed by fellow slave
Original Record: 
3561
Owner: 
Sophia A. Tilman

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