Charles

First Name: Charles
Description: 
negro male slave, boy
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
Cause of Death
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Drowning
COD Inquest Finding: 

say upon our oaths that from the testimony before us we do believe that the aforesaid Charles was drowned in Big[? Broad?] River by Misfortune

COD Short Description: 
drowned in Big Broad River
Original Record: 
3235
Owner: 
David Johnson

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