Executed

Allen Donaldson

died March 4, 1955 · Mississippi State Penitentiary, Sunflower County, Mississippi

Allen Donaldson, a Black man, was executed in the gas chamber at the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman on March 4, 1955, according to the Mississippi Department of Corrections. The department lists the cause of death as execution in the gas chamber. The record offers no details about his life or family, and no objections to his execution are recorded in the source.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: Mississippi 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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