Kingstree jail fire

Quand

1867

Type

Incendie

Coordonnées

33.67° N, 79.83° W

Description

deaths in custody, South Carolina, 1867

Date from

year in its Wikidata description

Placé à : town its title names, Kingstree.

Deaths in custody, South Carolina, 1867

The Kingstree jail fire killed 22 prisoners on the evening of Monday, January 7, 1867, in the Williamsburg County seat of Kingstree, South Carolina, United States. One white prisoner escaped the building and survived, but all of the African-American prisoners, incarcerated on the third floor, were killed. Attempts to rescue the 19 men and 3 women left in the building were ineffective.

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