Muse

First Name: Muse
Description: 
slave
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
Cause of Death
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Exposure
COD Inquest Finding: 

do upon their oaths sayeth that the sd. Slave above mentioned died by the visitation of God a natural death on the 18 Instant. . .by lying in the open air the weather being very cool and he being very old and very thin clothed

COD Short Description: 
cold
Original Record: 
2719
Owner: 
Roger Parish

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