Deaths in Custody
Executed

Duncan Pigue

27 years old · died February 4, 1938 · Arkansas

Duncan Pigue, a 27-year-old Black man, was executed by the State of Arkansas on February 4, 1938, according to the Arkansas Department of Corrections, which lists the death as an execution and the manner as homicide. No objections to the execution are recorded in the material available.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: Arkansas Department of Corrections (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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