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Clyde Loman

18 years old · died October 1926 · Aiken County Detention Center, Aiken County, South Carolina

Clyde Loman, an 18-year-old Black man, was held at the County Jail in Aiken, South Carolina, in October 1926. A mob of about 400 men took him from the jail, according to the summary of the account, and drove him to woods about three miles south of the city. There he was shot to death.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob of about 400 men took Clyde Loman from the Aiken county jail, drove him to woods about three miles south of the city and shot him to death.

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