James Blue was an American politician from Glynn County, Georgia who served in the Georgia House of Representatives from 1871 until 1877.[1]
In 1868 he swore to a statement about voting site issues.[2] He was a critic of the convict lease system.[3] Based on sources including Clarence A. Bacote's "The Negro in Georgia Politics, 1880-1908, an unpublished dissertation, Eric Foner documented Blue as being an African-American laborer who was illiterate.[3]