Name not reported

This person was one of eight Black people held in the jail in Columbia, South Carolina, in February 1871, according to The Evening Telegraph and the Sunbury American. The Evening Telegraph reported that about five hundred mounted men, supposed to be members of the Ku Klux Klan, broke into the jail and took the prisoners out to be killed. The Sunbury American reported that the mob killed eight of the prisoners on the spot, and this person is counted among them. Neither account gives their name.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: The Evening Telegraph (reporters).

Sources (2)

• The Evening Telegraph, February 15, 1871, page 4 The Evening Telegraph, February 15, 1871
• Sunbury American, February 18, 1871, page 2 Sunbury American, February 18, 1871