Johnson A. Bland

John
Description: 
slave
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
Owner: 
Johnson A. Bland
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Firearm
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon there oaths do say that the said slave John came to his by wounds in flicted by the discharge of a shot Gun in the hand of John A Bland accidentally or unintentionally

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