The State vs. the Dead Body of Dick

Date: 
May 25, 1843

Deceased

Dick
Description: 
slave
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
Owner: 
B. Hilliard
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Transportation
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that the negro slave supposed to be Dick came to his death by drowning on Wednesday the 17th Instant at Camden boat yard

Coroner

Coroner: 
John Rosser
Coroner Title: 
coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Camden boat yard
County: 
Kershaw County, SC

Source

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