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Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

died January 1921 · Norlina

A Black person held at the jail in Norlina was taken from it by a mob in January 1921 and shot to death. The killing followed a clash between white and Black people in which six people were wounded.

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

Reported by: news reports.

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