Name not reported

The Savannah Tribune reported in August 1937 that a man from Nassau County, Florida, had been put to death by electric current at the state prison. The paper said his trial was hurried and that less than a month passed between the accusation and the execution. The Tribune presented the execution as one of a series of legal and extra-legal killings of Black people in Florida.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Source

• The Savannah Tribune, August 19, 1937, page 1 The Savannah Tribune, August 19, 1937