Robert Workman

Infant child of Ellen, enslaved by Robert Workman
Description: 
Infant child of Ellen, enslaved by Robert Workman
Sex: 
Female
Race: 
Black
Parent(s): 
Ellen
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
Owner: 
Robert Workman
COD Category: 
Homicide
COD: 
Infanticide
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their Oaths do say that the said Infant came to its death by violence by the hand of some person unknown against the peace and dignity of the same State aforesaid and that the negro woman that Doct J.J. Boozer was sent for to see is an Idiot.

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