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James Colton
Colton, c. 1925
Born(1860-05-12)12 May 1860
Govan, Scotland
Died5 August 1936(1936-08-05) (aged 76)
Glanamman, Wales
Occupations
Known forMarriage of convenience with Emma Goldman
Spouse
Emma Goldman
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(m. 1925)​
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James Colton (12 May 1860 – 5 August 1936) was a Scottish anarchist, trade unionist, and coal miner who spent most of his life in Wales. He worked as a baker before becoming a miner in Glanamman in the Amman Valley. He is known for marrying the anarchist activist and writer Emma Goldman on 27 June 1925 in a marriage of convenience that enabled her to obtain British citizenship.

Biography

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Early life and work

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Colton was born in Govan, Scotland, on 12 May 1860, the son of Arthur Colton, a stonemason, and Ann Colton (née Mechan).[1][2] He moved to Penarth in Wales as a child.[2]

He worked first as a baker in Upper Boat and later moved to Glanamman in the Amman Valley, where he became a miner at the Gelliceidrim Colliery.[2] Colton was self-educated and identified with libertarian thought.[3]

He first met Emma Goldman during her speaking tour of Edinburgh in 1895.[4]

Marriage to Emma Goldman

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After the death of Colton's first wife, and as Goldman sought British citizenship following her deportation from the United States in 1919, Colton proposed a marriage of convenience.[2] They married on 27 June 1925, Goldman's 58th birthday, when he was 65.[2][5] The couple were not close and did not intend to live together.[6] Despite this, they occasionally maintained contact via letters.[2][3] The marriage was reported in The New York Times the following year.[7]

Later years and death

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Tabernacle chapel and cemetery, Glanamman, where Colton is buried

After the death of Goldman's longtime partner Alexander Berkman, Colton, who was ill himself, wrote to Goldman to express his sympathies.[5]

Colton died of cancer on 5 August 1936.[2] He was buried in the Tabernacle cemetery at Glanamman.[8] Goldman's last letter to Colton did not reach him before his death.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "James Colton". Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 – via Familysearch.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Walters, Huw (2003). "Emma Goldman, the Queen of Anarchy: The Carmarthenshire Connection". Carmarthenshire Antiquary. 39: 114–121.
  3. ^ a b "Emma Goldman and James Colton papers". Archives Hub. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  4. ^ Goldman, Emma (2006). Porter, David (ed.). Vision on Fire: Emma Goldman on the Spanish Revolution. California: AK Press. p. 36. ISBN 978-1-904859-57-4.
  5. ^ a b Avrich, Paul; Avrich, Karen (2012). Sasha and Emma: The Anarchist Odyssey of Alexander Berkman and Emma Goldman. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. pp. 331, 385. ISBN 978-0-674-06767-7.
  6. ^ Falk, Candace (2019). Love, Anarchy, and Emma Goldman: A Biography. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press. p. 273. ISBN 978-1-9788-0647-4.
  7. ^ "Goldman Romance Covered 20 Years; Anarchist Leader Married to Colton, a Miner in Wales, After a Long Separation". The New York Times. 21 November 1926. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  8. ^ Winn, Christopher (2009). I Never Knew That About Wales. New York: Random House. p. 65. ISBN 978-1-4070-2823-1.

Further reading

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