Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
Ten Black men held in a South Carolina jail were taken out by a mob and killed, according to the Springfield Weekly Republican, which reported the events in August 1871. The paper 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). The article reports ten Black men were taken from a South Carolina jail by a mob and most were hanged, but says the accounts the writers received disagree and does not say whether jail staff resisted.
Reported by: news reports.