Henry Abrams
Henry Abrams, a 26-year-old Black man who was married, was in the custody of a constable on November 25, 1897, and was being taken toward jail near Montgomery, Alabama. According to the account, three men stopped the officer at gunpoint on a country road, took Abrams away and fled with him into a swamp, where three shots were fired. The sheriff found Abrams there the next morning with three gunshot wounds to the chest. The constable did not notify his superiors until the following night.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. Three armed men stopped the constable on a country road, took Henry Abrams from him and shot him in a swamp, and the constable did not notify his superiors until the following night.
Reported by: the constable; the sheriff. The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.