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Charles Leigh James (October 23, 1846 – June 3, 1911) was an American anarchist writer and journalist. He regularly contributed pieces to the anarchist press, including to ''
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Biography

James was born October 23, 1846, in
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. In 1866, James opened a short-lived grocery store. He worked as a journalist for local papers and lectured on religion and temperance. In 1873 he married Maria Charlotte Hoyt, with whom he had three daughters. In 1885 he played a leading role in a water-works strike in Eau Claire. In 1887 Maria divorced James citing lack of support and inhuman treatment, including accusations that he threatened her with a knife and locked her in a barn overnight. James did not contest the divorce. They remarried in 1893. James rarely left the local area, with most of his political activity being through his writings. James died June 3, 1911, at home in Eau Claire aged 64.


Publications

* ''Religious Meditations and Other Poems, Liberal, Reformatory and Miscellaneous'' (1871) * '' Anarchy: A Tract for the Times'' (1886) * '' An Appeal to the Women of America in Behalf of Liberty and Justice'' (1891) * ''History of the French Revolution'' (1902) * '' Origin of Anarchism'' (1902) * '' Anarchism and Malthus'' (1910)


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* * * * * 1846 births 1911 deaths 19th-century American journalists 19th-century American male writers 19th-century American non-fiction writers 20th-century American journalists 20th-century American male writers 20th-century American non-fiction writers 20th-century anarchists American anarchist writers American male journalists American male non-fiction writers American political writers British expatriate academics in the United States Journalists from Wisconsin People educated at Brighton College People educated at Cheltenham College People from Baden-Baden People from Eau Claire, Wisconsin Temperance activists from Wisconsin {{Anarchist-stub