Executed
Taylor Banks
Taylor Banks, a Black man, was hanged at Scottsboro, Alabama, on August 17, 1883, according to newspaper reports published the next day. The Chattanooga dispatch and a telegraph report say he ate a hearty breakfast and was firm and collected on the way to the gallows, where he declared he had made his peace with God and was ready to die. Both accounts say he died without an apparent struggle.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state
Reported by: Chattanooga dispatch (reporters).