The State vs. the Dead Body of Tom | CSI: Dixie

The State vs. the Dead Body of Tom

Date:

December 12, 1813

Deceased

Tom

Sex:

Male

Race:

Black

Slave Status:

Enslaved

Owner:

Col. Starling Tucker

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:

Laurens County, SC

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History

Columbia, SC

Inquest Images:

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