Ludley

First Name: Ludley
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
Cause of Death
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Drowning
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say tha the said Slave "Ludley" the property of D. W. Jordan came to his death by accidentally falling from a Flat the property of his master into the Reiver and was drowned

COD Short Description: 
slave drowning
Original Record: 
4897
Owner: 
D. W. Jordan

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