Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

died December 28, 1889 · South Carolina

Eight Black people held in a South Carolina jail were reportedly taken out and shot, according to a brief newspaper dispatch published on December 28, 1889. The dispatch reports that all eight were shot after they were taken from the jail. Their deaths appear in the newspaper as a single report of several killings.

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

Reported by: news reports.

Source

The Evening World, December 28, 1889, page 1 The Evening World, December 28, 1889

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