Tom Black
Tom Black was one of three Black men held in the jail at Tuscumbia, Alabama, in April 1894. On April 21, 1894, a masked mob of about 200 men got the jailer out of the building and took the keys from his wife. The mob entered the cells, led Tom Black and the other men to the Tennessee River bridge, and killed them there by hanging and shooting, according to The Record-Union, which reported the killings on April 23, 1894. No official account of the sheriff's or jailer's response is given in this report.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A masked mob of about 200 men took the jailer out of the building, took the keys from his wife, entered the cells and hanged Tom Black at the Tennessee River bridge, then shot him.
Reported by: news reports.