The State vs. the Dead Body of Unknown Negro Woman near Swansey's Ferry

Date: 
May 25, 1845

Deceased

Description: 
Unknown Negro Woman near Swansey's Ferry
Sex: 
Female
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
COD Category: 
Suicide
COD: 
COD Inquest Finding: 

do say upon there oaths that the said negro woman not having god before her Eyes, but being seduced & moved by the instigation of the devil at the place aforesd then and there being alone, in a common river called Saluda voluntarily & feloniously drowned herself...

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
Acting Coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
near Swanseys Ferry
County: 

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC
Inquest Images: 
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