John Dorn

Rhoda
Description: 
female slave
Sex: 
Female
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
Owner: 
John Dorn
COD Category: 
Natural Causes
COD: 
Heart
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say, they believe the said slave Rhoda came to her death by some invisible and unknown cause or causes; perhaps a disease of the heart

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