Died in custody
George Briscoe
George Briscoe, a Black man, was being transported to the Anne Arundel County jail in Maryland on November 26, 1884, when a white mob abducted him near the Magothy River Bridge and lynched him. The Equal Justice Initiative's 2019 account places his death during that transport, and it attributes the lynching to the mob.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A white mob abducted George Briscoe while he was being transported to the county jail and lynched him by the Magothy River Bridge, according to the Equal Justice Initiative.
Reported by: Equal Justice Initiative.