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WILLIAM JAMES

WILLIAM JAMES
BORN
A Slave
At Norfolk, Va.
DIED
July 4, 1861
ae 23

William James made his way from Virginia to Vermont and was taken into the home of Francis and Madelia Green of Brattleboro. Francis, a barber and also a black man, taught young James the barbering trade. James died of consumption (T.B.)

Gravestone located in Prospect Hill Cemetery, Brattleboro, Windham Co., VT

 
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Source: Brattleboro Reformer, Anne Dempsey, "Town's early barber shops operated by blacks," February 9, 1994.

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