Deaths in Custody
ExecutedUnder 18

One of 3 people whose names were not reported

15 years old · died October 7, 1892 · Spartanburg County, South Carolina

A fifteen-year-old Black girl was hanged at Spartanburg, South Carolina, on October 7, 1892. A Weekly Courier-Journal report published on October 10, 1892, described her death as a hanging. Her death was a judicial execution.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: Chronicling America newspaper page (OCR text) (reporters).

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