Berry

First Name: Berry
Description: 
slave
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
Cause of Death
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Transportation
COD Method/Implement: 
cart
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths say, that the boy Berry a slave . . . came to his death from injuries received from the cart[?] of the down train . . . the cart[?] in their opinion having passed over his body

COD Short Description: 
run over by cart
Original Record: 
2545
Owner: 
Lawrence Linhardt

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