Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black person held in the jail at Windsor, North Carolina, was taken from custody by a mob and hanged, according to a brief newspaper report published in April 1883. The person is not named in the report, and no age or exact date of death is given. Whether jail staff resisted the mob or handed the person over is not stated.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.