Deaths in Custody
Executed

Aaron Quince

22 years old · died February 7, 1949 · Florida

Aaron Quince, a 22-year-old Black man, was executed in the electric chair by the State of Florida on February 7, 1949, according to the Florida Department of Corrections. He was in the custody of the state's prison system at the time. The department lists the cause of death as execution in the electric chair.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: Florida Department of Corrections (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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