The State vs. the Dead Body of Harry

Date: 
May 13, 1822

Deceased

Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
COD Category: 
Homicide
COD Inquest Finding: 

do say upon their oaths; So the Jurors aforesaid, upon their oaths aforesaid, Say that the aforesaid Negro man Harry (the servant of the said Alexander Wilinson) that he (Harry) came to his death by the means of and with the abuse that he received (on Sunday Last past being the twelth day of this instant (May))from his master Alexander Wilkinson and by his order, and not otherwise...

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
Coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Alexander Wilkinsons
County: 

Source

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