Name not reported

This man was one of three Black men held in the jail at Sylvan, Alabama, thirteen miles below Tuscaloosa, in February 1892. According to a newspaper report, an armed mob overpowered the guards, took the three men from the jail to a tree and hanged them. He died after the mob took him from the jail that was holding him.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. An armed mob overpowered the jail guards at Sylvan, Alabama, took the prisoners to a tree and hanged them.

Reported by: news reports.

Source

• Democratic Northwest, February 18, 1892, page 3 Democratic Northwest, February 18, 1892