Died in jail or a lockup

Anthony Henderson

died January 7, 1897 · Georgia

Anthony Henderson, a Black man, was held in a lockup in a Georgia town in January 1897. On the night of January 7, a mob took him from the lockup and hanged him from a tree within a stone's throw of the town center. The account gives no further information about how the mob got in or what the officers did.

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

Source

The Sun, January 8, 1897, page 5 The Sun, January 8, 1897

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