Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

died May 5, 1883 · Bertie Martin Regional Jail, Bertie County, North Carolina

A Black man was held in the jail at Windsor, North Carolina, and on Saturday, May 5, 1883, a mob took him from the jail and killed him, according to a brief item in The Dawson Journal. His name is not recorded in that account.

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

Reported by: The Dawson Journal (reporters).

Source

The Dawson Journal, May 10, 1883, page 4 The Dawson Journal, May 10, 1883

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