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Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

died May 23, 1893 · Georgia

An unnamed Black man was held in the jail near Hazlehurst, Georgia, in May 1893, when a mob took him from the jail and hanged him, according to the Emmons County Record of June 2, 1893. The paper said he was taken alongside Eph Merchet, and gave no name or age for him.

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

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