Died in custody
Sam Fields
Sam Fields, a Black man, was in the custody of officers near Whitehall in Livingston Parish, Louisiana, on the night of August 22, 1900, when a mob of white men took him from them. According to a New Orleans news dispatch reprinted in The Savannah Morning News, the mob shot him to death.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A New Orleans news dispatch reprinted in The Savannah Morning News says a mob of white men shot Sam Fields to death after taking him from officers.
Reported by: New Orleans news dispatch reprinted in The Savannah Morning News (reporters).