The State vs. the Dead Body of Minda

Date: 
August 17, 1851

Deceased

Description: 
negro girl
Sex: 
Female
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
Owner: 
COD Category: 
Unknown
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that . . .the said negro girl Minda came to her death by congestion of the brain & spine

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
Esqr acting as coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Mr Geo Robinsons

Source

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