Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
Ten Black people held in the jail at Unionville, South Carolina, were taken from it by several hundred men and killed. A congressional committee investigating Ku Klux violence said the men acted under military organization, as reported in the New National Era on August 3, 1871. The killings were investigated by a committee made up of Senator Scott and Representatives Stevenson and Van Trump.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A congressional committee investigating Ku Klux violence reported that several hundred men took ten Black people from the Unionville, South Carolina, jail and killed them.
Reported by: congressional committee of Senator Scott and Representatives Stevenson and Van Trump (outside investigators).