Rice

Rice, a Black man, was held in the jail at St. Francisville in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, in January 1878. According to a New Orleans dispatch reprinted by the Jackson Standard, a group of white men took him from the jail on the night of Tuesday, January 8, and hanged him.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A New Orleans dispatch reprinted in the Jackson Standard says a group of white men took Rice from the St. Francisville jail and hanged him.

Reported by: New Orleans dispatch reprinted in the Jackson Standard (reporters).

Source

• The Jackson Standard, January 17, 1878, page 2 The Jackson Standard, January 17, 1878