The State vs. the Dead Body of Jim

Date: 
April 26, 1856

Deceased

Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
Owner: 
COD Category: 
Homicide
COD: 
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their Oaths do say, that the said slave Jim Came to his death from the effect of Gun shot wounds--discharged from a Gun in the hands of J.s W. Holiday, his (the said Slave imployer) said slave at the time being in a state of insubordiation, and we the Jurors, do say that the aforesaid Jo.s W. Holiday did in self defence and contrary to his will, Kill and slave the said boy Jim

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
Coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
on the Public Road leading from Conwayboro, to Bull Creek Ferry
County: 

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC

Perpetrator

Perpetrator: 
Jo.s Holiday
Inquest Images: 
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