Executed
Sylvester Williams
Sylvester Williams, a 22-year-old Black man, was executed by the State of Arkansas on June 30, 1939, according to the Arkansas Department of Corrections. The department lists the manner of death as homicide and the cause as execution, and his death was held in state prison custody.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state
Reported by: Arkansas Department of Corrections (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.