LC control no. | no2004045340 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | James, Jane Elizabeth Manning, approximately 1813-1908 |
Variant(s) | Manning, Jane Elizabeth, approximately 1813-1908 James, Jane Elizabeth Manning, 1813-1908 |
Associated country | United States |
Birth date | 1813~ |
Death date | 19080416 |
Place of birth | Wilton (Conn.) |
Place of death | Salt Lake City (Utah) |
Affiliation | Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Relief Society (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) Mormon Church |
Found in | African American women confront the West, 1600-2000, c2003: p. 144 (Jane Elizabeth Manning James, a Mormon African American woman) p. 145 (b. 1813) p. 154 (d. 1908) African American National Biography, accessed February 18, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (James, Jane Elizabeth Manning; “Black Jane”, "Aunt Jane”; mormon leader, pioneer; born 22 September 1822 in Wilton, Connecticut, United States; baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, commonly known as Mormonism (around 1842); joined a large group of Mormons who left Nauvoo for the West (1844); remained an active member of the church and its female Relief Society throughout her years in Utah; waged a campaign against the church's policy of excluding African American members from its sacred temple ordinances; died 16 April 1908 in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States) Journal of Africana Religions, volume 1, no. 2, 2013: page 263 (in the article "The autobiography and interview of Jane Elizabeth Manning James" written by her granddaughter: Jane Elizabeth was 15 (?) years old in 1840) page 253 (Jane was born in Wilton, Connecticut, probably in the 1810s or 1820s) |