Levy Gregory

Harcolas
Description: 
slave, negro man
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
Owner: 
Levy Gregory
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Burns
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that . . .they do believe that from Exposure age and a burn which he had received some days previous was the cause of his death

Siller
Description: 
female slave
Sex: 
Female
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
Owner: 
Levy Gregory
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Burns
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say, that . . .the said Siller axcidently caught fire in her beding whilst a sleep, and from inability to help her Self ware burned to death

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