The State vs. the Dead Body of negro child

Date: 
January 16, 1854

Deceased

Description: 
negro child
Race: 
Black
Child: 
child
Parent(s): 
free woman of color named Mary
COD Category: 
Natural Causes
COD Inquest Finding: 

do say upon their oaths . . .that it came to its death by the visitation of God

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at [???]
County: 

Source

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