Deaths in Custody
Executed

Fred Anderson

19 years old · died October 4, 1940 · Georgia State Prison, Tattnall County, Georgia

Fred Anderson, a 19-year-old Black man, was held at Georgia State Prison in Reidsville, Tattnall County, when the State of Georgia executed him in the electric chair on October 4, 1940. The Georgia Department of Corrections records the execution in its history of executions in Georgia. The available account gives no further details about his life, family, or the circumstances of his case.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: Georgia 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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