Died in jail or a lockup

Amos Young

died March 13, 1885 · Union jail, Obion County, Tennessee

Amos Young, a Black man, was held in the jail at Union, Tennessee, when a mob took him from the jail and lynched him on March 13, 1885. The Roseburg Review reported that he was one of three Black men taken from the jail and lynched.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: news reports.

Source

Roseburg Review, March 20, 1885, page 4 Roseburg Review, March 20, 1885

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