Name not reported

A Black man was held in the jail in Lansing, Michigan, when a mob took him from it and hanged him. The killing was reported in October 1866 in a Southern newspaper editorial, which treated it as an example of violence against Black people in the North. He was in the jail's custody when the mob took him, and he was killed by hanging.

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

Reported by: Southern newspaper editorial (reporters).

Source

• The State Rights Democrat, October 13, 1866, page 2 The State Rights Democrat, October 13, 1866