The State vs. the Dead Body of Nance

Date: 
June 21, 1850

Deceased

Sex: 
Female
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
Owner: 
COD Category: 
Homicide
COD Method/Implement: 
hickory stick
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do Say that the decead Slave Nancy came to her death at James Youngs by James Young with weapon's unknown to the Jury and So the Jurors aforesaid upon their oaths aforesaid do Say that the aforesaid Slave Nance in manner and form aforesaid James Young then and there feloniously did Kill against the peace and dignity of the same state aforesaid...

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
Magistrate

Location

Inquest Location: 
at James Youngs
County: 

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC

Perpetrator

Perpetrator: 
James Young
Inquest Images: 
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