Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
In 1871, a mob took ten Black men out of a South Carolina jail, according to a Springfield Weekly Republican account published August 4 of that year. The article says a vigilance committee was formed after a man arrived from Columbia carrying what was described as a writ of habeas corpus, and that the men were taken into the woods, where most were hanged. The men are not named in the account.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched (disputed). A newspaper account says a vigilance committee took ten Black men from a South Carolina jail into the woods, where most were hanged, and that accounts given to the writers disagree.
Reported by: historical newspaper account.