Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man held in the Annapolis jail was taken from his cell by a mob in the early morning of June 14, 1875, according to the Charlotte Democrat, which reported it a week later. The mob, mostly residents of Anne Arundel County, demanded the keys from the jailer, searched him, and found them before going to the cell. They dragged the man out still in his irons and hanged him from a tree near the railroad track outside the city, and many people visited the body that day. His name is not given in the report.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.