Charles Coleman

Name: Charles Coleman
Race: White
Record(s) Seen In: Common Law Orders - D - July 1848 - May 1856 - pgs. 401-810
Page and Line Number: CLD: PP. 472-473
People Enslaved: Nelson
Additional Information: In Common Law Book D, it is reported that Charles Coleman enslaved a man named Nelson. Nelson was charged with "threatening injury to the person and property of William Pettit." Nelson was ultimately found guilty of the charge and ordered to "receive 39 strikes, administered immediately by the county jailer." He was reported to have been so "lutulent and vicious," that he was ordered to either be removed from the state of Virginia, or his enslaver had to enter into a bond to ensure his future good behavior.; William Pettis

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