Russel Harden

Stepney
Description: 
negro man
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
Owner: 
Russel Harden
COD Category: 
Suicide
COD: 
Other
COD Inquest Finding: 

Upon their Oaths do say, that the said negro man Stepney came to his death by cruel treatment inflicted upon him by the hands of his master, Russel Harden

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