1832 - 1914
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| First Name |
James
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| Last Name |
Lewis
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| Birthday |
30th November, 1831
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| Birthplace |
Wilkinson County, Mississippi
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| Died |
11th July, 1914
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| Place of Death |
New Orleans, Louisiana
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| Occupation Text |
Soldier, politician
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| Occupation |
Activist
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James Lewis (1832 – July 11, 1914) was notable as a soldier and Republican Party politician in Louisiana. Born into slavery and of mixed race, during the American Civil War he left a position as steward on a Confederate steamboat to move to New Orleans, which had been taken over by Union troops. There he helped organize the First Louisiana Volunteer Native Guards, becoming captain of Company K and serving until 1864. After the war he became politically active in the Republican Party during the Reconstruction era, where he was an ally of several other leading men of color in the city and state. This was an especially violent time in Louisiana and New Orleans politics, but Lewis survived for decades as a political leader. He initially worked for the Freedmen's Bureau, where he was an agent to raise money and establish schools for freed slaves. He was appointed as a federal custom's inspector for a short period, the first man of African descent to gain a federal civil position in the state. He was recalled for political reasons.
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