Name not reported

A Black person held in the jail in Columbia, South Carolina, was among those taken out by a mob of about five hundred mounted men, according to reports published in February 1871. The Evening Telegraph said the men were supposed to be Ku Klux Klan members. The Sunbury American reported that the mob broke into the jail, took out ten Black prisoners, and killed eight of them on the spot, and this person was one of those eight.

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