Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

died April 18, 1883 · Bertie County, North Carolina

A Black person held in the Bertie County jail in North Carolina was taken from the jail by a mob on the afternoon of Wednesday, April 18, 1883. The mob lynched them. The county jail was where the state held this person, and the mob took them from it and killed them.

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

Reported by: news reports.

Source

The Watchman And Southron, April 24, 1883, page 1 The Watchman And Southron, April 24, 1883

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