James Jackson

James Jackson, a Black man, was held in a jail near Oxford, Florida, according to a Jacksonville dispatch printed in September 1884. On the night of September 11, 1884, a masked mob took him from the officers holding him and lynched him. The Pickens Sentinel account is damaged and does not clearly describe what followed, and the Fairfield News and Herald says the officers' response is not reported.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Jacksonville news dispatch reports that a masked mob took James Jackson from the officers holding him in jail near Oxford, Florida, and lynched him.

Reported by: news dispatch (Jacksonville, Fla.) (reporters).

Sources (2)

• The Fairfield News And Herald, September 17, 1884, page 4 The Fairfield News And Herald, September 17, 1884
• The Pickens Sentinel, September 18, 1884, page 4 The Pickens Sentinel, September 18, 1884