Rice

Rice, a Black man, was taken from the jail in St. Francisville, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, on the night of Tuesday, January 8, 1878, and hanged by a party of white men, according to newspaper dispatches published that month. Several papers carried the account in brief dispatches.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A group of white men took Rice from the St. Francisville jail and hanged him, according to a New Orleans dispatch reported in the Memphis Daily Appeal.

Reported by: Memphis Daily Appeal, citing a New Orleans dispatch (reporters); Manitowoc Pilot (reporters).

Sources (6)

• Memphis Daily Appeal, January 12, 1878, page 2 Memphis Daily Appeal, January 12, 1878
• Evening Star, January 12, 1878, page 1 Evening Star, January 12, 1878
• Chicago Daily Tribune, January 12, 1878, page 1 Chicago Daily Tribune, January 12, 1878
• Juniata Sentinel And Republican, January 16, 1878, page 2 Juniata Sentinel And Republican, January 16, 1878
• The Manitowoc Pilot, January 17, 1878, page 1 The Manitowoc Pilot, January 17, 1878
• The Dallas Weekly Herald, January 19, 1878, page 2 The Dallas Weekly Herald, January 19, 1878