Anna Louise James was born on January 19, 1886, in Hartford. She was the ninth child of a Virginia plantation slave who escaped to Connecticut. The name on Anna Louise James birth certificate identifies her name as being Louise Clegget James. James grew up in Old Saybrook, and dedicated her early life to education. In […]
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