Died in custody
Name not reported
A Black man died in February 1883 aboard the steamer Golden Crown, some miles above Vicksburg, Mississippi, while being transported from the Mississippi Penitentiary. The St. Landry Democrat reported that an inquest found he died from neglect and bad treatment by the guards in whose charge he had been placed. The report gives no name for him, and the guards' own account is not given in the report.
Cause of death, as reported: Died from neglect by staff. The inquest found that the guards in charge of him neglected and mistreated him, causing his death.
Reported by: inquest.