Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
According to a Baptist Courier editorial in January 1890, citing telegraph reports, a mob took eight Black people out of the jail at Barnwell Court House and lynched them. The editor condemned the killings and said some of those taken may have been innocent. The names of the eight people are not given in the source.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Baptist Courier, citing telegraph reports, says a mob took eight Black people from the Barnwell Court House jail and lynched them.
Reported by: Baptist Courier (reporters).