The State vs. the Dead Body of Daniel

Date: 
April 5, 1854

Deceased

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

upon their oaths do say that Daniel came death by disease unknown to us

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
Coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at a graveyard in Laurens District near Mrs Nancy Parks
County: 

Source

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