The State vs. the Dead Body of Scipio

Date: 
April 1, 1862

Deceased

Description: 
slave
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
Owner: 
COD Category: 
Homicide
COD Method/Implement: 
hatchet
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon there oaths do say that Scipio came to his death by two blows on the head . . .with a hatchet or some sharp instrument in the hands of some person unknown

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at E. J. Youngbloods

Source

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