Died in jail or a lockup

Jas. Kingsland

died September 1883 · Hinds County, Mississippi

Jas. Kingsland, a Black man, was one of two men held in the local jail at Edwards, Mississippi, in September 1883. Newspaper accounts report that a crowd of roughly 150 to 153 men demanded that the sheriff hand the prisoners over. The sheriff refused and was overpowered, and the crowd took Kingsland from the jail and hanged him.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: news reports.

News reports (2)

The Grenada Sentinel, September 15, 1883, page 2 The Grenada Sentinel, September 15, 1883
Batesville Guard, September 19, 1883, page 4 Batesville Guard, September 19, 1883

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