Deaths in Custody
Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

McKamie, Arkansas

A Black woman held at the jail in McKamie, Arkansas, was taken from the jail by a mob of citizens and shot to death, according to the Donaldsonville Chief, which reported the killing in March 1907. Her name is not given. The article describes her as one of two women held at the jail, and it does not say whether jail officers resisted the mob or handed the women over.

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

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