The State vs. the Dead Body of Brice

Date: 
February 19, 1859

Deceased

Description: 
slave
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
Owner: 
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that the said negro slave came to his death by the. . .striking of the head upon the stump of a tree while running through the woods

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
acting as coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at the residence of Joseph Murphy
County: 

Source

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