Died in jail or a lockup

Ken Jackson

died September 7, 1893 · Norfolk County, Massachusetts

Ken Jackson, a Black man, was held at the jail in Quincy, Massachusetts. On the early morning of Thursday, September 7, 1893, a mob of several hundred people came to the jail, took him to a nearby tree and hanged him from a limb. The Griggs Courier reported that his body was then struck by bullets.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob of several hundred took Ken Jackson from the Quincy jail, hanged him from a tree and shot his body.

Reported by: news reports.

Source

Griggs Courier, September 15, 1893, page 7 Griggs Courier, September 15, 1893

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