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Died in custody

Name not reported

Obion County, Tennessee

In March 1885, the Caldwell Tribune reported that three Black men held under guard at Troy, Tennessee, were taken from their guards by a mob. The mob lynched all three men. The men were in the custody of the town's guards when they died.

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

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