Deaths in Custody
Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

died June 3, 1894 · Lancaster jail, Lancaster County, South Carolina

A Black man identified in the newspaper only as Jim was held at the jail in Lancaster, South Carolina. On June 3, 1894, about twenty-five men took him by force from the jail, carried him about three miles, and lynched him. His name, age and family are not known from the account.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

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