Executed

Solomon Conyer

died August 26, 1887 · Hampton jail, Hampton County, South Carolina

Solomon Conyer was hanged at the jail at Hampton, South Carolina, on August 26, 1887, in a judicial execution. The Western Cyclone's dispatch that day reports the hanging at 11:45 a.m. and describes it as a legal execution. Solomon Conyer was a Black man, and the dispatch is the only account of his death in these sources.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: news reports.

Source

Western Cyclone, August 26, 1887, page 1 Western Cyclone, August 26, 1887

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