Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man, whose name, age and jail are not recorded, was taken from a South Carolina jail by a mob and lynched in the holiday season of 1889, according to a Herald and News editorial published in January 1890. The editorial counts him among eight Black people lynched that season and says some of them were held only as witnesses. No names or exact dates are given, so the account rests on that single newspaper editorial, and no other source in the record confirms the details.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A 1890 Herald And News editorial says one of eight Black people was taken from a South Carolina jail and lynched in 1889.
Reported by: Herald And News editorial (reporters).