Thursday, March 26, 2020

The students of the Radical University: Julius J. Holland

Julius James Holland (b. February 14, 1857; d. Abt. 1908)
South Carolina. Black/mulatto.
Father's occupation: laborer at a sawmill.

Julius J. Holland was born in Georgetown, South Carolina. He may have been the "James J. Holland" recorded as living in Georgetown in the 1870 U.S. census. If so, his parents were George and Elizabeth Holland. Elizabeth was from South Carolina, while George was from Maryland. In Georgetown, George worked at a sawmill. 

Julius registered as a student at the University of South Carolina on October 5, 1874.  He entered in the college preparatory (or subfreshman) class but on the classical studies track of the college class by 1876.  The university was closed before he finished his degree.

After the university closure, Julius attended Atlanta University. There he studied with other former students from the University of South Carolina (John Lewis Dart, Jacob Javan Durham, Fletcher Hamilton Henderson, Edward Johnson Stewart, Thomas Francis Parks Roberts, and Philip G. Drayton). He the university left in 1879 without completing his degree

According to a listing of former Atlanta University students, after he left school, Julius moved North for work and died around 1908. 

Sources
1). General Catalogue of Atlanta University, Atlanta, Georgia 1867-1918.  Atlanta University Press.  1918.

2) 1870; Census Place: Georgetown, Georgetown, South Carolina; Roll: M593_1497; Page: 307B


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