Died in custody
Name not reported
A Black man held in the custody of the sheriff in North Carolina was killed in late November 1897, according to press reports. On Thanksgiving night, the reports say, a mob of white farmers took him from the sheriff's custody, chained him between two trees in the woods and burned him to death. Before that, the sheriff and a posse had brought him back into custody after he was found near the Waccamaw area.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. Press reports say a mob of white farmers took the man from the sheriff's custody on Thanksgiving night, chained him between two trees and burned him to death.
Reported by: press reports.