The State vs. the Dead Body of Rachel

Date: 
February 18, 1834

Deceased

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

do say upon their oaths that they believe that the said negro Rachel came to her death by a blow or stroke on the head from a violent hand which broke her Scull and also from circumstances rest their suspicion on Thomas D Peay owner of said Rachel.

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
Coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at the grave of a female Negroe Slave named Rachel near the house of Benjamin Boulware

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC

Perpetrator

Perpetrator: 
Thomas D. Peay
Inquest Images: 
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