Died in jail or a lockup
Dennis Blackwell
Dennis Blackwell, a Black man, was held at the jail in Alamo, Tennessee, in August 1892. The Morning Call reported on August 28, 1892, that a mob of about 350 men came to the jail and demanded him. The jailer gave up the prisoner, and the mob took Blackwell about half a mile from the jail and lynched him. A second dispatch in the same paper also reports that a Black man was taken from the Alamo jail by a mob and lynched.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob of about 350 men took Dennis Blackwell from the Alamo jail after the jailer gave up the prisoner, and lynched him half a mile away.
Reported by: news reports.