Alexander

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

upon their oaths do say that the said Alexander came to his death Jany 1st by accident having been caught in the running gear of the gin.

COD Short Description: 
caught in the cotton gin
Original Record: 
5182
Owner: 
Mrs. E Austin

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