Dr. M.M. Hunter

Charles
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
Owner: 
Dr. M.M. Hunter
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Transportation
COD Method/Implement: 
wagon
COD Inquest Finding: 

by their oaths do say on the 16th June 1865. The slave Charles was thrown from a wagon loaded with wheat - by a large limb causing accidental death instantly by the face.

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