James Augustus Black (1793 – April 3, 1848) was a slave owner,[1] manufacturer, cotton broker, and U.S. Representative from South Carolina.

Black eventually moved to Georgia, settling in Savannah, where he engaged in the buying and selling of cotton.

Black served as tax collector of Chatham County, Georgia for a time, before he returned to South Carolina.

Beginning in 1843, Black, a Democrat, was elected to three consecutive terms (the Twenty-eighth, Twenty-ninth, and Thirtieth) United States Congresses.

This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress