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Died in custody

Name not reported

died October 1875

A Black woman, whose name the account does not record, was held in custody at an unnamed place in October 1875 when an armed group took her from the guards, according to a New Orleans dispatch of October 14, 1875. The group hanged her from a tree in a courtyard the same night, but the exact day and location are not given.

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

Reported by: New Orleans dispatch (reporters).

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