Dr. E. H. Anderson

Jenny
Description: 
slave
Sex: 
Female
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
Owner: 
Dr. E. H. Anderson
COD Category: 
Natural Causes
COD: 
Brain
COD Inquest Finding: 

do on their oath say that they believe she died of an apoplectic fit, the visitation of God

Somerset
Description: 
slave
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
Owner: 
Dr. E. H. Anderson
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Transportation
COD Method/Implement: 
horse
COD Inquest Finding: 

do say upon their oaths that the said Somerset came to his death by accident arising from a fall from a horse

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