The State vs. the Dead Body of Cuffy

Date: 
April 19, 1853

Deceased

Cuffy
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
Owner: 
Abraham Mitcham
COD Category: 
Suicide
COD: 
Drowning
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say we believe that said Slave did voluntarily feloniously himself kill by drowning against the peace and dignity of Said State afforesaid

Coroner

Coroner: 
James McDaniel
Coroner Title: 
Magistrate

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Dorroughs Mill
County: 
Laurens County, SC

Source

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