C. L. James

Charles Leigh James (October 23, 1846 – June 3, 1911) was an American anarchist writer and journalist.

Biography
James was born October 23, 1846, in Baden-Baden, Grand Duchy of Baden, in modern-day Germany, the son of English historian and novelist George Payne Rainsford James and Frances James (Thomas). James travelled extensively as a child before settling in England in 1860 following his father's death. He studied at Cheltenham College and Brighton College. In 1865, the family emigrated to Eau Claire, Wisconsin.

In 1866, James opened a short-lived grocery store. He worked as a journalist for local papers and lectured on religion and temperance. In 1873 he married Maria Charlotte Hoyt, with whom he had three daughters. In 1885 he played a leading role in a water-works strike in Eau Claire. James rarely left the local area, with most of his political activity being through his writings. He regularly contributed pieces to the anarchist press, including to Mother Earth, Lucifer the Lightbearer, Free Society, The Alarm, and Liberty.

James died June 3, 1911, at home in Eau Claire aged 64.

Publications

 * Religious Meditations and Other Poems, Liberal, Reformatory and Miscellaneous (1871)
 * Anarchy: A Tract for the Times (1886)
 * An Appeal to the Women of America in Behalf of Liberty and Justice (1891)
 * History of the French Revolution (1902)
 * Origin of Anarchism (1902)
 * Anarchism and Malthus (1910)