The State vs. the Dead Body of Abram

Date: 
August 17, 1860

Deceased

Abram
Description: 
man slave
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
Owner: 
James B. Griffin
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Animal
COD Method/Implement: 
snake
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon there oaths do say that the deceased Abram came to his death by being bitten twice by a snake

Coroner

Coroner: 
John L. Addison
Coroner Title: 
magistrate acting as coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at the Residence of Gen[?] Jas B. Griffin
County: 
Edgefield County, SC

Source

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