The State vs. the Dead Body of Sam Howard

Date: 
August 6, 1866

Deceased

Description: 
Freedman
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Free
COD Category: 
Homicide
COD Method/Implement: 
knife
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon there oaths do say that Sam Howard Freedman Came to his death. . .by a stab with a knife or some sharp pointed instrument in the hands of John Daniel Freedman

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at L. L. Halls

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC

Perpetrator

Perpetrator: 
John Daniel
Inquest Images: 
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