Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A mob took this Black person from the jail in Petersburg, Virginia, and lynched them, according to a brief item in The Plaindealer published January 2, 1891. The paper placed them among five Black people held at that jail who were taken out and killed. The name of the person is not given.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.