W. W. Lang

Tom
Description: 
slave
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
Owner: 
W. W. Lang
COD Category: 
Homicide
COD: 
Firearm
COD Method/Implement: 
shotgun
COD Inquest Finding: 

do say upon their oaths that William R. Young . . . did by shooting with buckshot kill the said negro man named Tom and we the jury aforesaid find that the said William R. Young was justifiable in shooting and killing the said negro man Tom

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