Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

Orangeburg-Calhoun Regional Detention Center, Orangeburg County, South Carolina

A Black man held in the Orangeburg jail in Orangeburg, South Carolina, was taken from the jail by a mob and killed, according to an 1881 account in the Richmond Democrat. The scan of the page is badly garbled, so his name cannot be read. The account gives no date for the death.

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

Source

Richmond Democrat, October 20, 1881, page 4 Richmond Democrat, October 20, 1881

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