The State vs. the Dead Body of Reeves

Date: 
February 23, 1855

Deceased

Reeves
Sex: 
Female
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
COD Category: 
Homicide
COD: 
Blunt Instrument

Coroner

Coroner: 
Thomas J. Sullivan
Coroner Title: 
Magistrate

Location

County: 
Laurens County, SC

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC

Perpetrator

Perpetrator: 
Joseph Avery & Vincent Baldwin
Inquest Images: 
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