Died in jail or a lockup

Sam Wilson

Claiborne County Detention Center, Claiborne County, Mississippi

Sam Wilson, a Black man, was held at the jail in Port Gibson, Mississippi. A mob took Sam from that jail. The mob hanged him from the gallows in the jail yard.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took Sam Wilson from the Port Gibson jail and hanged him in the jail yard.

Reported by: the paper's account in the accompanying summary (reporters).

Source

The Kanabec County Times, August 18, 1899, page 6 The Kanabec County Times, August 18, 1899

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