The State vs. the Dead Body of Harry

Date: 
September 9, 1858

Deceased

Harry
Description: 
negro boy
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
Age Descriptor: 
ten years
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
Owner: 
Rev. J. L. Brooks
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Injuries
COD Inquest Finding: 

say upon their oaths, that. . .the said boy name Harry. . .while in the business of driving the mules to work the machinery of the Cotton gin by some careless action of his own he was caught by wheel or wheels of the machinery and crushed to death

Coroner

Coroner: 
Benjamin Baird
Coroner Title: 
magistrate acting as coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at the residence of the Rev. J. L. Brooks
County: 
Edgefield County, SC

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC
Inquest Images: 
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L19077_0001_267.jpg

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