Henry Mason

Henry Mason, a Black man, was held at a jail near Campbell Court House, Virginia, according to a brief 1885 item in the Savannah Courier. The paper reports that a mob took him from the jail, hanged him from a tree and shot his body many times. The item gives no date for the death and does not say whether jail officers resisted the mob or gave up the prisoner.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Savannah Courier's brief item says a mob took Henry Mason from a jail near Campbell Court House, Virginia, hanged him from a tree and shot his body many times.

Reported by: Savannah Courier (reporters).

Source

• Savannah Courier, December 10, 1885, page 4 Savannah Courier, December 10, 1885