The State vs. the Dead Body of Sam

Date: 
October 10, 1857

Deceased

Description: 
slave, boy
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
COD Category: 
Unknown
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say-that the deceased Sam came to his death by a sudden and unexpected disease or causes unknown

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at the Carolina Hotel, Edgefield C.H.

Source

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