Died in custody
Name not reported
One of five Black men held in Point Coupee Parish, Louisiana, in June 1878 was killed when citizens took the men from officers of the law and hanged them. The men had been turned over to those officers before the citizens seized them. Daily newspapers reporting the killing are the source for these details.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. Daily papers reported that citizens took five Black men from officers of the law after their capture in Point Coupee Parish and hanged them.
Reported by: daily papers reporting on the incident.