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Fortune Ferguson
Fortune Ferguson was 16 years old when the State of Florida executed him in the electric chair on April 27, 1927, according to the Florida Department of Corrections' execution list. That list records him as a Black male and gives the manner of death as homicide. The state's record places his execution in its official execution list covering 1924 to 1964.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state
Reported by: Florida Department of Corrections (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.