The State vs. the Dead Body of Bob

Date: 
December 26, 1845

Deceased

Bob
Description: 
slave
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
Owner: 
John Harrison
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Exposure
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that he came to his death by being drunk and exposed to the weather which was wet and very cold

Coroner

Coroner: 
John Rosser
Coroner Title: 
coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at the residence Mr. Parks
County: 
Kershaw County, SC

Source

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