Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black person was held in the jail at Fairfield, South Carolina, when a group of men in disguise took them from the jail and hanged them, according to a brief published in the Brenham Weekly Banner in June 1882. Their name, age, and the exact date of the killing are not recorded in this account. The jail's response to the mob is not described.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.