A. Bushnell

Aaron
Description: 
slave
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
Owner: 
A. Bushnell
COD Category: 
Homicide
COD: 
Sharp Instrument
COD Method/Implement: 
chisel
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that said Negro slave Aaron was Feloniously Killed . . .by a stab on the left side of the throat with a chissel about one inch and a half wide, by the hand of some person unknown

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