Executed
Sampson Rowland
Sampson Roland, a Black man, was hanged under a judicial sentence in Louisiana on Friday, July 16, 1886, according to a brief item in the Delaware Gazette and State Journal published July 22. A second newspaper report, published July 24, describes a judicial hanging at Donaldsonville, Louisiana, in which Sampson Roland was executed alongside George Solomon. Neither report describes the trial, the grounds for the sentence, or any objections to the execution.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state
Reported by: Louisiana courts (court).