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Died in custody

Name not reported

Obion County, Tennessee

Three Black men held under guard at Troy, Tennessee, were taken from their guards by a mob and lynched, according to a Caldwell Tribune report published in March 1885. It also does not say whether the guards resisted the mob or handed the men over.

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

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