Deaths in Custody
Executed

Name not reported

died August 1883 · Greenville County, South Carolina

A Black person, whose name is not known, was executed by hanging at Greenville, South Carolina, in August 1883. The Daily Dispatch reported that the rope slipped to the back of their neck and that death took about thirteen minutes.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: news reports.

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