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Died in custody

Name not reported

died September 1904 · Georgia

A Black man, whose name the source does not give, was taken from the custody of the sheriff near Atlanta, Georgia, by a mob and lynched, according to a brief item in the Passaic City Record in September 1904. His death is recorded as a lynching from custody, with the exact date given only as September 1904.

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

Reported by: news reports.

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