Name not reported

An 1874 editorial in the Morristown Gazette says that sixteen Black men held in the Gibson County jail in Tennessee were taken from it by masked men and killed. The editorial describes the killings as part of a wave of attacks on Black people in Tennessee after the elections. The men are not named in the editorial, and no individual dates are given. The Gazette condemns the killings as murder.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Morristown Gazette editorial says masked raiders murdered sixteen Black men taken from the Gibson County jail.

Reported by: Morristown Gazette (reporters).

Source

• The Morristown Gazette, September 2, 1874, page 2 The Morristown Gazette, September 2, 1874