Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
One of ten Black people taken from a jail by several hundred Ku Klux Klan members, this person was killed in the mob action, according to the Fremont Weekly Journal in August 1871. The Klan members were described as acting under a military-style organization. A congressional committee investigating Klan outrages in South Carolina looked into the killings. The account gives no name for this person, and the sheriff or jailer's response is not described.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: Congressional committee investigating Ku Klux outrages (outside investigators).