Edward Holton James

Birth/Death:                             1873 / 1954

League Membership:             Faneuil Hall Meeting, June 15, 1898
                                              American Anti-Imperialist League, 1899

Role in League:                     Inactive / Minimal Role

Occupation:                            Lawyer

Brief Biography

Edward Holton James was only twenty-five at the very first anti-imperialist meeting held in Faneuil Hall and had only graduated from Harvard University two years prior. James was present most likely because of his family connections. He was the nephew of William and Henry James, two of Boston's most beloved characters. Also, Edward was not a particularly active member of the anti-imperialist movement in later years. He moved to Seattle in 1899 and later moved to France, no longer participating in the movement. His affiliation with socialism and Leninism in the early twentieth-century instructed his anti-imperialism, rather than than an affinity for American liberal republicanism, which instructed most members. Edward's most famous act was his arrest in Boston Common for assaulting police officers while protesting the arrest of the famous Italian duo Sacco and Vanzetti.

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M. Patrick Cullinane, Liberty and Anti-Imperialism, June 4, 2009.

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