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Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

died September 11, 1884 · Oxford, Florida

James Jackson, a Black man, was held in the jail at Oxford, Florida. On September 11, 1884, a mob took him from the jail and lynched him, according to a brief wire item in the Daily Republican published the next day.

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

Reported by: news reports.

News report