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Bess (#
11378503
)
Black, female
Death: 1783
Petition #
11378503
, filed in South Carolina (1785)
Status:
enslaved
Punishments Received: convicted of poisoning and executed
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From 1783 - Record of Court Justices and Freeholders
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