James Carroll Napier (Q491199)
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HC-PER-35331
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James Carroll Napier
Enslaved. Free before 13th Amendment. Napier was possibly the first African American Treasury Department clerk, held various patronage appointments in Nashville, served as city councilman, and in 1911 was register of the U.S. Treasury. Also an entrepreneur, banker and supporter of the National Negro Business League.