The State vs. the Dead Body of Howel

Date: 
October 3, 1835

Deceased

Howel
Description: 
slave
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
COD Category: 
Homicide
COD: 
Other

Coroner

Coroner: 
Samuel Davis
Coroner Title: 
coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at the house of [?] Polk[?]
County: 
Union County, SC

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC

Perpetrator

Perpetrator: 
John Huse[?]
Inquest Images: 
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