Name not reported

A Black man held in the jail in Clay County, Missouri, was taken out by citizens and hanged without judge or jury, according to a Richmond, Virginia newspaper report reprinted in the Anti-Slavery Bugle in May 1855. The Richmond Daily Dispatch, as quoted by the Bugle, described the killing as a hanging by citizens. The Bugle approved of the killing in its own comments. The report gives no name or age for him.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Richmond Daily Dispatch, as reprinted in the Anti-Slavery Bugle, reports that citizens hanged a Black man held in the Clay County, Missouri jail without judge or jury.

Reported by: Richmond Daily Dispatch, as reprinted in the Anti-Slavery Bugle (reporters).

Source

• Anti-Slavery Bugle, May 19, 1855, page 1 Anti-Slavery Bugle, May 19, 1855