Owen Wright
Owen Wright, a Black man, was killed by a crowd near Seals, Alabama, in November 1877. A Seals dispatch reprinted in The Jackson Standard says about three hundred people watched as he was hanged from a scaffold about a hundred yards from the site of the event. A Columbus, Georgia dispatch reprinted in the same paper says a party of 100 citizens took him from jail and burned him. The two reports differ on how he died and on whether he was held in jail.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched (disputed). A Seals, Alabama dispatch says a crowd of about three hundred hanged him, while a Columbus, Georgia dispatch says a party of 100 citizens took him from jail and burned him.
Reported by: Seals, Ala. dispatch reprinted in the Jackson Standard (reporters); Columbus, Ga. dispatch reprinted in the Jackson Standard (reporters).