Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black person was held in the jail at Trenton, Tennessee, in 1874. The Valley Virginian reported in September of that year that masked men took them from the jail and killed them. The paper counted this death as one of fourteen Black people it said had been killed in that way.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Valley Virginian reported that masked men summarily murdered one of fourteen Black people taken from the Trenton, Tennessee jail.
Reported by: The Valley Virginian (reporters).