James Gordon

Israel
Description: 
slave
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
Owner: 
James Gordon
COD Category: 
Natural Causes
COD: 
Unknown
COD Inquest Finding: 

do say that the said Israel came to his death by mischance, and not from any injury inflicted by the hand of another, but by the act of God.

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