Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
Ten Black people were taken from the jail at Unionville, South Carolina, by several hundred Ku-Klux Klan members acting under military organization, and were killed, according to an investigation reported in 1871. The Working Christian and the Yorkville Enquirer both report the findings of the congressional sub-committee.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The investigating committee, as reported in the article, says a Ku-Klux mob took ten Black people from the Unionville jail and killed them.
Reported by: the investigating committee, as reported in the article (outside investigators).