The State vs. the Dead Body of Henry

Date: 
August 21, 1850

Deceased

Henry
Description: 
negro man Slave
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
Owner: 
John Campbell
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Drowning
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths Say that the negro man Henry came to his death from being accidentally drowned in the Savannah river

Coroner

Coroner: 
Levi Hill
Coroner Title: 
magistrate acting as coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at New Savannah in beach Island
County: 
Edgefield County, SC

Source

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