Executed
Henry Peterson
Henry Peterson, a Black man, was executed in the electric chair at Kilby Prison in Montgomery, Alabama, on March 27, 1936, according to the Alabama Department of Corrections. The record gives no age, family details, or other information about his life beyond his name. The department reported the execution as a homicide by the state carried out under sentence. Sources available for this account describe only the execution itself.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state
Reported by: Alabama Department of Corrections (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.