Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black person was held in the jail at Petersburg, Virginia, when a mob took them from the jail and killed them, according to The Plaindealer's report of January 2, 1891. The paper reported that five Black people held in that same jail were taken out and lynched in this way. The jail was the place that held this person when they were taken and killed.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.