James, Jane Elizabeth Manning, approximately 1813-1908

found: 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)

found: 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)

found: 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)