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Daniel Washington

died July 20, 1894 · Montgomery County Jail, Montgomery County, Alabama

Daniel Washington, a Black man, was hanged at the county jail in Montgomery, Alabama, shortly after noon on July 20, 1894. The Indianapolis Journal reported the next day that about two thousand people watched the execution. He was held at the jail in Montgomery until his death.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

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