Died in jail or a lockup
One of 3 people whose names were not reported
A mob took a Black person out of the Nashville, Tennessee jail, where they were being held, and lynched them on Wednesday, March 20, 1872. The Opelousas Courier, reporting on March 23, 1872, said three people were taken from the jail and lynched that day. The paper did not name any of the three.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched