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died April 20, 1892 · Florida

He was a Black man, one of four men a mob took from a jail near Inverness, Florida, and hanged on April 20, 1892. A short newspaper report published that day says the mob took the men from the jail and hanged them. He was held in that jail when the mob took him, and he was killed by the mob.

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

Reported by: news reports.

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