Deaths in Custody
Executed

Tom Freeman

28 years old · died August 23, 1935 · Arkansas

Tom Freeman, a 28-year-old Black man, was executed by the State of Arkansas on August 23, 1935, according to the Arkansas Department of Corrections. The department's record classifies the manner of death as homicide.

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.

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