The State vs. the Dead Body of Harry

Date: 
December 3, 1826

Deceased

Harry
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
COD Category: 
Suicide
COD: 
Sharp Instrument
COD Inquest Finding: 

do say upon their oaths that the said negro man Harry with a knife held in his right hand did strike and give to himself with the knife aforesaid upon his throat aforesaid on mortal wound

Coroner

Coroner: 
Jacob Feaster

Location

Inquest Location: 
at McClures Creek on the plantation of Martha A Dickson
County: 
Fairfield County, SC

Source

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