The State vs. the Dead Body of Tom

Date: 
December 12, 1813

Deceased

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

do say upon their Oaths that on their Opinion that not having God before his Eyes but being Seduced and moved by the instigation of the Devil did Voluntarily and feloniously and of his malice afore though hanged and Suffocated himself against the peace and Dignity of the S. State.

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
Justice of the Peace

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Col. Starling Tucker's
County: 

Source

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