Died in jail or a lockup
Nat Caldwell
Nat Caldwell was one of three Black men held in the Winchester jail in Franklin County, Tennessee. On the night of Wednesday, September 27, 1871, a band of about ten disguised men took Caldwell and the two others out of the jail, shot them and hanged them. The Memphis Daily Appeal reported the killings on October 1, 1871.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A band of about ten disguised men took Nat Caldwell and two others from the Winchester jail, shot them and hanged them.
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