The State vs. the Dead Body of slave

Date: 
March 10, 1835

Deceased

slave
Description: 
slave
Sex: 
Female
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
Owner: 
Thomas Crynus
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Burns
COD Inquest Finding: 

are of the opinion that she came to her death by taking a fit or spazm and falling into the fire and not being able to extricate herself burnt to death

Location

Inquest Location: 
at the house of W.W. Dickies
County: 
Spartanburg County, SC

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC
Inquest Images: 
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