Name not reported

In November 1886, around the time of the election, a mob took three Black people from the jail in Washington County, Texas, and lynched them amid racial conflict in the region. The killings were recorded in The Abilene Reflector in February 1888, in an article about a proposed exodus of Black people from Texas. The article gives no names for the three. The three were held at the jail when the mob broke in and took them.

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

Reported by: historical newspaper report on a proposed exodus of Black people from Texas (reporters).

Source

• The Abilene Reflector, February 2, 1888, page 4 The Abilene Reflector, February 2, 1888