John Brooks

John Brooks, a Black man, was in the custody of the sheriff at Jacksonville, Alabama. A crowd took him from the sheriff and hanged him on the outskirts of the city. The Kenosha Telegraph reported the lynching in October 1882.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A crowd took John Brooks from the custody of the Jacksonville, Alabama sheriff and hanged him on the outskirts of the city.

Reported by: the sheriff at Jacksonville, Alabama (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

Source

• The Kenosha Telegraph, October 13, 1882, page 1 The Kenosha Telegraph, October 13, 1882