Executed
Jeff Coleman
Jeff Coleman, a Black man, was executed in the electric chair at Kilby Prison in Montgomery, Alabama, on December 16, 1927. The Alabama Department of Corrections records the death as an execution carried out by the State of Alabama. Coleman was held in the state's custody at the time of his death.
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.