Name not reported

A Black man held in the Amite jail was taken from the jail by a crowd of about fifty men and shot to death, according to a January 1880 report in The Abbeville Press And Banner. He was one of four men being held at the jail at the time. The report attributes his death to a mob.

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

Source

• The Abbeville Press And Banner, January 14, 1880, page 4 The Abbeville Press And Banner, January 14, 1880