Daniel, an African American man residing in Hyde County, North Carolina, was enslaved by Littleton and Elizabeth Eborne. According to trial documents, Daniel was enslaved to Littleton Eborne prior to Eborne's marriage to Elizabeth McSwain in about May 1756. Upon learning that Littleton Eborne intended to marry Elizabeth McSwain, Daniel expressed concern about her taking ownership of his labor. Daniel reportedly said that Elizabeth Eborne was "as Cross as the Devil" and refused to allow him to eat pork. According to another enslaved man, Daniel reportedly ground up a dried rattlesnake and used it to poison Elizabeth Eborne, an act which Daniel himself later denied. Instead, Daniel claimed, he had used homebrews and local witchcraft to try and make her kinder to the enslaved people, but had no involvement in her death. The court found Daniel guilty and ordered him to be branded and whipped. Whether Daniel survived the punishment was not recorded. Daniel was not mentioned by name in Littleton Eborne's will in 1758, indicating that Daniel might have died or been sold prior to that time.