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Jane Manning James

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Perkins and his first wife Esther had originally been brought to Utah as slaves by Reuben Perkins, an early Mormon settler, and his family. James' relationship with Perkins lasted less than two years, the couple divorced in 1876, after which time she reverted to her former married name. Throughout the next few decades, James struggled to care for the remaining children at home as a single parent. She sold the family farm in 1872 and moved closer to the city in order to save money. During these years James both managed a household of children and small grandchildren, and also worked as a domestic servant in order to make ends meet. In addition, she made the family's soap, clothing, and raised vegetables in a small garden. Half of her children had predeceased her by 1875, and two of her grandchildren had passed away as well. After a twenty-year absence, James' first husband Isaac returned to Utah very ill, and lived with Jane until his death in 1891, and though the two never remarried his funeral was held at her home.
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April 13: Brother Lyman started on a mission to California with O. P Rockwell and others. May the Lord bless and prosper them and return them in safety. He left us ... without anything to make bread, it not being in his power to get any. April 25: Jane James, a colored woman, let me have two pounds
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By the mid 1860s the family were able to build a comfortable home in the southwest corner of Salt Lake City and had acquired both farmland and animals, including an ox, horses, and a small flock of sheep. By the end of 1865 the family, while not wealthy, were fairly prosperous. The family was growing
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When the Latter Day Saints began to migrate west in 1846, James prepared to move as well. Although many of her immediate family members had joined the church, James and her husband were the only ones who chose to move West with the main body of church members from Nauvoo. At the time of the family's
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as their spiritual child. James said nothing at the time, and Emma encouraged her to think about it. Emma asked James again two weeks later, at which time she said "no ma'am". James would say later that she did not understand what the question meant at the time, or she would have taken the couple up
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also by the Genesis Group, along with the Missouri Mormon Frontier Foundation. The original headstones of Jane and Isaac James were supplemented with a granite monument faced with two bronze plaques. One side of the monument commemorates an incident documented in 1850, in which Jane shared half of
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Jane Elizabeth Manning James died April 16, 1908, in Salt Lake City. Church President Joseph F. Smith spoke at her funeral, where he declared that she would receive all her temple blessings in the eternities and become a "white and beautiful person," reflecting the theology of the Church on race at
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in Salt Lake City on a lot owned by Brigham Young, who employed both Isaac and Jane through the mid-1850s. In May 1848 James gave birth to her daughter Mary Ann—the first black child born in Utah. The family's first years in the valley were difficult: they lived in poverty and often lacked the bare
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Jane and her husband Isaac divorced in 1870, and upon Isaac's departure from Utah shortly after, Jane was given custody of their children and of most of the couple's property and assets. Within four years of the divorce James was married to her son Sylvester's father-in-law, widower Frank Perkins.
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John Taylor in 1884 to be sealed to the Smith family, which later denied. In December 1884, James was given a limited-use temple recommend, which allowed her to enter the temple to participate in baptisms by proxy. The First Presidency later "decided she might be adopted into the family of Joseph
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and other church-affiliated women's organizations. In 1893, James completed her autobiography with the help of fellow church member Elizabeth Roundy. She also contributed financially to the building of the Logan, Manti, and St. George temples. In her later life, both she and her brother Isaac J.
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acting as proxy for James (who was not allowed into the temple for the ordinance). In the ceremony, James was "attached as a Servitor for eternity to the prophet Josep Smith and in this capacity connected with his family be obedient to him in all things in the Lord as a faithful Servitor."
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the following Sunday, and acquainted many friends and family members with her new beliefs as well. A year later, James and eight other members of her family—her mother, three brothers, two sisters, and a brother and sister-in-law—decided to sell their home in Wilton and move to
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so that they could be sealed together forever. Her justification for asking to be the exception to the church's rule was Emma Smith's offer in 1844 to have her sealed to the Smith family as a child. Referring back to Smith's original offer, James made a request to
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Over the course of her life, James made at least five petitions to various church leaders to enter the temple and receive her endowment, an important ordinance for members of the LDS Church. She also made petitions to be sealed, along with her children, to
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departure, James was pregnant with a second son, Silas James, who was born in Iowa in June 1846. James, with her husband Isaac and oldest son Sylvester, were part of the original group of Latter Day Saints to spend the winter of 1846–1847 at
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on a mission to California and was left with no food to sustain her and her children until the harvest. Lyman records that "Jane James, the colored woman, let me have two pounds of flour, it being half of what she had."
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A second bronze plaque, containing quotations from James and significant dates and events from her life, was placed on the back of the monument. In April 2005, the graves and monument were again cleaned and sealed.
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quickly as well, and between 1848 and 1860 five children were born: Miriam, Ellen Madora, Jessie Jeroboam, Isaac, and Vilate. James's oldest son Sylvester was listed as a member of the
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himself. Over the next year, her mother and siblings established their own homes nearby, while James continued to live with the Smith family and worked as a domestic servant in the
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essentials for survival. Despite hardships, James displayed a commitment to serve and help others. In 1849, James' neighbor Eliza Partridge Lyman had sent her husband
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James was dissatisfied with that unique sealing ordinance, and applied again to obtain the sealing that was offered to her by Emma. According to the diary of
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In 1979, nearly 72 years after her death, James was endowed by proxy by a group of black and white Latter-day Saints in the Salt Lake Temple.
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for church services. James remained a strong supporter of Joseph Smith throughout her life, calling him "the finest man I ever saw on earth."
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Smith as a servant, which was done, a special ceremony having been prepared for the purpose." The ceremony took place on May 18, 1894, with
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at about 14 years old. On March 1, 1835, Jane gave birth to a son, Sylvester, whose father is unknown.
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Your Sister in the Gospel: The Life of Jane Manning James, a Nineteenth-Century Black Mormon
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On October 12, 2018, a feature-length film was released about James's relationship with
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In June 1999, a monument to James's life was dedicated near her grave in the
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On another occasion, Emma asked James if she would like to be adopted by and
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her flour supply with by Mormon pioneer Eliza Partridge Lyman, who wrote:
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James remained active in the church, and participated extensively in the
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Roundy, Elizabeth J.D. "Document 9: Life Sketch of Jane James" (1893) .
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trilogy of historical fiction that draws on the facts of James's life.
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Black Saints in a White Church: Contemporary African American Mormons
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When James and her family arrived in Nauvoo, they were welcomed by
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Manning received reserved seats near the front and center of the
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James continued to ask that she and her family be given the
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The Mormon Church and blacks : a documentary history
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