Chronicles of Boone County Kentucky

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====== Henry F. James ======
Henry Field James ([[1799]]-[[1870]]), was sworn in as a [[Justice of the Peace]] in December of [[1832]], and remained on the [[county court|Court]] for many years.  He became [[Sheriff]] in October [[1850]]. He was the first Sheriff to serve under a [[County Judge]], as the position was created that year by a Constitutional Convention. 

James is noteworthy as [[Boone county|Boone County’s]] first novelist. He was a [[slavery|slave]]-holder, and fervent anti-abolitionist. In 1850 he published a small booklet entitled:  //Abolitionism Unveiled! Hypocrisy Unmasked! and Knavery Scourged!//, sub-titled:   'Luminously Portraying the Formal Hocusses, Whining Philanthropists, Moral Coquets, Practical Atheists, and the Hollow-hearted Swindlers of Labor, yclept the "northern abolitionists."' (New York : T.V. Paterson, 1850). James later wrote a novel using his old title, //Abolitionism Unveiled//, in which he predicted the demise of slavery. It was published in [[1856]].

James eventually became the Agricultural Agent for Boone County, living at [[Burlington]], and is buried near the Owen House on the [[Bullittsburg]] Road.  James was the last of the Boone County Sheriffs who were commissioned by the Governor, before it became an elective office under the Commonwealth.


===== More Information =====
  * James, Henry F. //[[https://bcp.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/search/asset/24395/0|Abolitionism Unveiled!]]// (1850)
===== Related Topics =====
  * [[Biographies]]
  * [[James Family]]