Deaths in Custody
Executed

Lewis Carter

died June 22, 1883 · Virginia

Lewis Carter was executed on June 22, 1883, at the county courthouse in Petersburg, Virginia, in a judicial execution carried out by the state. The Savannah Morning News reported that about two thousand people watched, most of them Black. The account gives Carter's death as the execution itself, with no other details about the event.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: news reports.

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