Abby

First Name: Abby
Sex: 
Female
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
Cause of Death
COD Category: 
Natural Causes
COD: 
Heart
COD Inquest Finding: 

do Say upon their oaths that the said negro woman Abby, on the 28th Inst 1840 at Thomas Carters in the District afforesaid was found dead and that She dyed by the visitation of god in a natural way & not otherwise.

COD Short Description: 
found dead after working
Original Record: 
5146
Owner: 
Thomas Carter

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