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Burrell James

American politician

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionJul 22, 2026
Entity authorityQ116177906 ↗
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Burrell S. James was a state legislator in South Carolina. He served in the South Carolina House of Representatives. His photograph was included in a montage of "Radical Republican" South Carolina state legislators.

He represented Sumter County, South Carolina. He was African American.

He married. He was one of the incorporators of the Sumter Land & Joint Stock Loan Association.

He was listed in an 1887 A.M.E. publication as involved in church work in Marion, North Carolina.

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Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1887—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Burrell, James and American providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “Burrell James” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.