John

First Name: John
Description: 
slave
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
Cause of Death
COD Category: 
Unknown
COD: 
Transportation
COD Inquest Finding: 

do say that from every information they can obtain the said black or coloured man to have been the slave of a Mr. Chappell of Charleston who was a boat hand in the employ of Mr. Thomas J. Kerr by the name of John and that he came to his death by drowning from cause to them unknown.

COD Short Description: 
boat hand drowned
Original Record: 
2714
Owner: 
Mr. Chappell

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