P. K. Mendenhall

Jerry
Description: 
slave
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
Owner: 
P. K. Mendenhall
COD Category: 
Homicide
COD: 
Blunt Instrument
COD Method/Implement: 
jug
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that the said negro boy Jerry came to his death from a blow on the left side of the head ... inflicted by a jug in the hands of Bob a slave of Thomas E. Shannon

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