The State vs. the Dead Body of Friday

Date: 
September 10, 1840

Deceased

Friday
Description: 
slave
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
COD Category: 
Unknown
COD: 
Drowning
COD Inquest Finding: 

we the jurors are of opinoin that the said negro Fry Day came to his Death by Drowning.

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Thomas [?] plantation
County: 
Kershaw County, SC

Source

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