The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingstree_jail_fire" id="mwag" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Kingstree jail fire">Kingstree jail fire</a> kills 22 freedmen in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reconstruction_era" id="mwaw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Reconstruction era">Reconstruction</a>-era <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Carolina" id="mwbA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="South Carolina">South Carolina</a>.<sup about="#mwt73" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-12"}}' id="cite_ref-12" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./January_7#cite_note-12" id="mwbQ" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 12;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwbg">[12]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-12"><cite about="#mwt70" class="citation news cs1" id="mwB_8"><a class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/1867/01/16/archives/domestic-news-death-and-obsequies-of-hon-arthur-p-hayne-the.html" id="mwCAA" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"DOMESTIC NEWS.; Death and Obsequies of Hon. Arthur P. Hayne. The District Suffrage Law as Passed. The Burning of the Kingstree, S. C., Jail--Heartrending Scenes Attending the Death of the inmates--Ineffectual Attempts to Save Them. (Published 1867)"</a>. <i id="mwCAE">The New York Times</i>. 16 January 1867<span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwCAI">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwCAM">6 August</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span about="#mwt70" class="Z3988" id="mwCAQ" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=The+New+York+Times&amp;rft.atitle=DOMESTIC+NEWS.%3B+Death+and+Obsequies+of+Hon.+Arthur+P.+Hayne.+The+District+Suffrage+Law+as+Passed.+The+Burning+of+the+Kingstree%2C+S.+C.%2C+Jail--Heartrending+Scenes+Attending+the+Death+of+the+inmates--Ineffectual+Attempts+to+Save+Them.+%28Published+1867%29&amp;rft.date=1867-01-16&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F1867%2F01%2F16%2Farchives%2Fdomestic-news-death-and-obsequies-of-hon-arthur-p-hayne-the.html&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJanuary+7"></span></span>