Died in custody

Name not reported

Clarke County, Mississippi

In 1858, officers in Enterprise, Mississippi, had a Black man in their custody when a mob seized him. The mob took him from the officers and hanged him. Accounts attribute the killing to the mob, and the officers are identified as the ones who held him at the time.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Source

Western Reserve Chronicle, August 11, 1858, page 2 Western Reserve Chronicle, August 11, 1858

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