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Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

died July 12, 1914 · South Carolina

A Black woman held in a South Carolina jail was taken from it by a mob and killed, according to a Barre Daily Times report published July 13, 1914. The report places her death on July 12, 1914. Her name is only partly legible in the source. The mob's entry into the jail and the jail's response are not described.

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

Reported by: 1914 newspaper report (reporters).

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