Deaths in Custody
Executed

Henry Johnson

died June 24, 1931 · Florida

Henry Johnson, a Black man, was executed by the State of Florida in the electric chair on June 24, 1931. He was in the custody of the Florida prison system when he died. The Florida Department of Corrections records his death as an execution carried out by the state.

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.

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