1865, Davy Hull, Male, Life-course (Death)

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1865, Davy Hull, Male, Life-course (Death)

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Davy, an enslaved man, died of smallpox.

Partial Transcript: "Poor fellow! He did not live long enough to test the value of his freedom. He died of small pox that scourge of the colored people in the year after the war."

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Smallpox

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1865

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Enslaver

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