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Died in custody

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died October 30, 1890 · Barlow County, Georgia

A Black man held by officers in Dalton, Barlow County, Georgia, was taken from them by a mob on the night of October 30, 1890, and lynched. He was the second of two Black men taken from officers in the same mob action that night, according to the Los Angeles Herald and the Sacramento Daily Record-Union. Both papers published the account on November 1, 1890.

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

Reported by: news reports.

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