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 and killed, according to a congressional sub-committee's investigation as reported in 1871 newspapers. The Working Christian reported that the Klan acted under military organization. Neither account says whether the sheriff or jailers resisted, gave up the keys, or handed the prisoners over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The investigating committee reports that a Ku-Klux mob took the person from the Unionville jail and killed them.
Reported by: the investigating committee, as reported in the article (outside investigators).