The State vs. the Dead Body of Patterson

Date: 
June 2, 1855

Deceased

Patterson
Description: 
slave
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
COD Category: 
Homicide
COD: 
Sharp Instrument
COD Method/Implement: 
knife
COD Inquest Finding: 

agreed that the deceased came to his death by a wound inflicted with a knife by the hands of Daniel

Location

County: 
Kershaw County, SC

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC

Perpetrator

Perpetrator: 
Daniel
Inquest Images: 
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