Dave Roberts

Dave Roberts, a Black man, was taken from the jail at Abbeville, South Carolina, and lynched by a mob, according to a brief item in The Clarion on January 10, 1883. The Grenada Sentinel reported on January 13, 1883, that the lynching had happened a few days earlier and that he had been taken from the Abbeville jail. Neither item gives his age, his family, or any further account of how the killing was carried out.

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

Reported by: news reports.

News reports (2)

• The Clarion, January 10, 1883, page 1 The Clarion, January 10, 1883
• The Grenada Sentinel, January 13, 1883, page 2 The Grenada Sentinel, January 13, 1883