Based upon the report of the Caswell County Coroner, Thomas Gunn, the two-year-old son of Sidney Merritt was "murdered" by an enslaved "negro" woman named Amy. She was "owned" by Stephen Dodson of Milton.
Sidney Merritt was employed by Dodson as "overseer."
Amy used an axe on the child and confessed, stating: "That the devil persuaded her to kill it."
"Murder of Merritt Child." The Charlotte Journal (Charlotte, NC), 15 May 1832, reprinting an item from the Milton Spectator newspaper.
Editor's Note: The "owner" of the enslaved person Amy most likely is Stephen Lewis Dodson (1778-1852).
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