Deaths in Custody
Executed

Phillip Taylor

died October 28, 1926 · Florida

Phillip Taylor, a Black man, was executed by the State of Florida in the electric chair on October 28, 1926, according to the Florida Department of Corrections execution list. The department's record lists the manner of death as homicide, with the execution as the cause. No other account of his life, his family, or the circumstances of his death is available in the source for this record.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: Florida Department of Corrections (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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