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Lyman Purdie

Elizabeth, North Carolina

Lyman Purdie, a Black man, was held in the jail at Elizabeth, North Carolina. Masked men took him from the jail and hanged him, according to the summary of the 1892 Perrysburg Journal report.

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

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