The State vs. the Dead Body of Liberty

Date: 
August 1, 1843

Deceased

Liberty
Description: 
slave
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
Owner: 
John Murph
COD Category: 
Natural Causes
COD: 
Unknown
COD Inquest Finding: 

do say uppon [sic] their oaths that he was found in his house lying dead on the floor and came to his death by the act of God

Coroner

Coroner: 
Hiram White

Location

Inquest Location: 
at John Murph's
County: 
Spartanburg County, SC

Source

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