John Bolt

Ann
Sex: 
Female
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
Owner: 
John Bolt
COD Category: 
Suicide
COD: 
Drowning
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their Oaths do say That having examined the body of Ann they are satisfied she came to her death by drowning herself in B. Avery's Gin Pond by her own act

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