Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
Two boys and a girl, all young and Black, were being held in a jail near Salem, South Carolina, in December 1880. A mob took the three of them from the jail and hanged them, according to The New Northwest. Their names are not recorded in the account, and no other details about who they were are given.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.