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SLAVES - 1 female, 1 male
(Not confirmed.)
"Mississippi: Darling Davis, who had gone home

in a state of intoxication on the evening of the

ith instant in Rankin Sof, Miss., was found
dead on his porch the following morning. All
the other white members of the family had gone
from home leaving a negro woman on whom suspi-
cion at once rested. ‘She denied the deed at
first and attributed it to a negro man but
subsequently confessed her guilt. Since her
confinement however she has again denied
perpetrating the crime. The negro man is

also under arrest."

PICAYUNE, New Orleans, LA, 6-21-1845 (2:h).

SLAVES - 1 female, 1 male

(Not confirmed.)

"Mississippi: Darling Davis, who had sone home
in a state of intoxication on the evening of the
hth instant in Rankin Cof, Miss., was found
dead on his porch the following morning. All
the other white members of the family had gone
from home leaving a negro woman on whom suspi-
cion at once rested. She denied the deed at
first and attributed it to a negro man but
subsequently confessed her guilt. Since her
confinement however she has again denied
perpetrating the crime. The negro man is

also under arrest."

PICAYUNE, New Orleans, LA, 6-21-1845 (2:h).

SLAVES - 1 female, 1 male

(Not confirmed.)

"Mississippi: Darling Davis, who had gone home
in a

kth instant in Rankin Cof, Miss., was f

dead on his porch the following morning,

the other white members of the ‘amily had gone
from home leaving a negro woman on whom suspi-
cion at once rested. She denied the deed at
first and attributed it to a negro man but
subsequently confessed her guilt. Since her
confinement however she has again denied
perpetrating the crime, The negro man is
also under arrest.

PICAYUNE, New Orleans, LA, 6-21-1845 (2th).



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