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LETTERS FROM HORACE JAMES

Horace James, the superintendent of the Roanoke Island freedmen’s colony, corresponded frequently with the officers of the American Missionary Association and the National Freedman’s Relief Association. He also wrote numerous letters to his father’s newspaper, The Congregationalist, describing his work in North Carolina. In addition, James published numerous sermons and an annual report (1864) from North Carolina. The letters included here indicate his intentions for the Roanoke Island freedmen’s colony.

Horace James to the Public, 27 June 1863

Horace James to The Congregationalist, 5 September 1863



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