Francis Bettis

Randal
Description: 
negro man
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
Owner: 
Francis Bettis
COD Category: 
Homicide
COD: 
Blunt Instrument
COD Method/Implement: 
cow skin
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say, that the said negro Randal came to his death by wounds and bruises inflicted on him on yesterday the eighth instant ... with a cow skin by Alfred L. Hughes and Sebourn Randolph ... the said Alfred L. Hughes and Sebourn Randolph, the said negro, Randal, by misfortune and contrary to their will ... did kill and slay

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