Died in jail or a lockup
Vincent
Vincent, a Black man, was held in a Louisiana parish jail in February 1875. The New Orleans Republican reported that a crowd gathered outside the jail the next morning, and that the parish judge dispersed them and had Vincent brought before him, then remanded him to jail. On the way back to the jail, the paper reported, a mob forcibly took him from the sheriff and hanged him on February 18, 1875.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.