Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
This person was one of ten Black people whom several hundred Ku Klux Klan members took from a jail and killed. A congressional committee investigating Klan outrages in South Carolina looked into the killings and attributed them to the Klan acting as a military-style organization. The committee's findings were reported in the Fremont Weekly Journal in August 1871.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The congressional committee investigating Ku Klux outrages in South Carolina looked into the killings of people taken from a jail by a mob.
Reported by: Congressional committee investigating Ku Klux outrages (outside investigators).