The State vs. the Dead Body of Maty

Date: 
December 10, 1833

Deceased

Maty
Description: 
slave
Sex: 
Female
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
Owner: 
Isaac Linder
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Exposure
COD Inquest Finding: 

do say upon their oaths that they are of the opinion that the said slave came to her death by the visitation of God in afflicting her with fits or spasms and being neglected by those who had her in their care

Coroner

Coroner: 
Joseph Camp
Coroner Title: 
Justice of the Quorum

Location

Inquest Location: 
at the dwelling house of Jesse Hammet
County: 
Spartanburg County, SC

Source

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