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Executed

Name not reported

died January 3, 1907 · Mississippi

A Black man was hanged at Sayersville, Mississippi, on January 3, 1907, after being held there under sentence of execution. The Taney County Republican, reporting in January 1908, gives no name for him. The paper said word that his sentence had been commuted arrived three minutes after the hanging.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: 1907 newspaper report (reporters).

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