The State vs. the Dead Body of Isaac

Date: 
December 31, 1832

Deceased

Isaac
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Transportation
COD Method/Implement: 
horse
COD Inquest Finding: 

do say upon their Oaths, they believe the said Negroe Isaac, in the act of riding a race was thrown off the Mare on which he rode, and the injury he then received caused his death

Coroner

Coroner: 
James Marshall
Coroner Title: 
Coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
the house of Mrs. Jane Brown of Horse branch of Wateree Creek
County: 
Fairfield County, SC

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC
Inquest Images: 
L20149_0029_01.jpg
L20149_0029_02.jpg
L20149_0029_03.jpg

Get in touch

  • Department of History
    220 LeConte Hall, Baldwin Street
    University of Georgia
    Athens, GA 30602-1602
  • 706-542-2053
  • admin@ehistory.org

eHistory was founded at the University of Georgia in 2011 by historians Claudio Saunt and Stephen Berry

Learn More about eHistory

Supporters

+ American Council of Learned Societies
+ DigiLab, Willson Center for Humanities and Arts, University of Georgia