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Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

died April 1919 · Georgia

A Black person was taken from a jail in Georgia by a mob and lynched in April 1919, according to a brief Associated Press dispatch datelined Millen. The dispatch says the killing set off a race clash at Bankhead church in which seven people died. The person's name is not given.

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

Reported by: Associated Press dispatch (reporters).

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