The State vs. the Dead Body of Nancy

Date: 
June 19, 1847

Deceased

Description: 
Slave
Sex: 
Female
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
Owner: 
COD Category: 
Suicide
COD: 
COD Inquest Finding: 

do say upon their oaths that the said Nancy, Slave, came to her death by drowning herself in Little Saluda River

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
magistrate acting as coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at the house of Mrs G. Rily's

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC
Inquest Images: 
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