biographyREF B-0077639Revised
Biography record
James Ben
- Updated
- 23 Oct 2020
State record
Incarceration
- Prison
- Robben Island
- Prisoner no.
- Jan-96
- Admitted
- 13 November 1964
- Released
- 21 November 1970
South African History Online. (2012, March 15). James Ben . South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/B-0077639
South African History Online (2012) 'James Ben ', South African History Online, 15 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/B-0077639 (Accessed: 15 October 2026).
South African History Online, James Ben [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/B-0077639, (accessed 15 October 2026).
"James Ben ." South African History Online, 15 Mar. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/B-0077639. Accessed 15 Oct. 2026.
South African History Online. "James Ben ." South African History Online. March 15, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/B-0077639.
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