Executed
Solomon Roper
Solomon Roper, a Black man, was executed in the electric chair at Kilby Prison in Montgomery on February 9, 1934, according to the Alabama Department of Corrections. The state's record lists the death as an execution carried out by the State of Alabama. The source gives no details about his family, work, or life beyond his name.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state
Reported by: Alabama Department of Corrections (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.