Mose

Mose was held in the jail at Abbeville, Alabama. A reprinted account from the Western Reserve Chronicle, published in March 1857, says a crowd of 4,000 to 5,000 people gathered and that the guard took him from the jail without opposition from the sheriff. The informant quoted in that account says the crowd bound Mose to a stake and burned him.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. An informant quoted in a reprinted Alabama newspaper account says a crowd of 4,000 to 5,000 took him from the Abbeville jail, with the guard handing him over and the sheriff not resisting, and burned him at a stake.

Reported by: an informant quoted in a reprinted Alabama newspaper account (witnesses).

Source

• Western Reserve Chronicle, March 4, 1857, page 1 Western Reserve Chronicle, March 4, 1857