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    James Gillespie Birney (February 4, 1792 – November 18, 1857) was an American abolitionist, politician, and attorney born in Danville, Kentucky. He changed...
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  • James Birney may refer to: James G. Birney (1792–1857), abolitionist, candidate for the U.S. presidency on the Liberty Party ticket James M. Birney (1817–1888)...
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    as well as excerpts from the Voice of the Fugitive. Bibb writes to James G. Birney, an abolitionist who accused Bibb of not being truthful in his narrative...
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  • the 1840s, while remnants persisted as late as 1860. It supported James G. Birney in the presidential elections of 1840 and 1844. Others who attained...
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  • David Birney (1939–2022), American actor/director David B. Birney Earle Birney Ewan Birney Jack Birney James G. Birney James M. Birney Matt Birney Reed...
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    ceased to function and was fully absorbed into the Whigs by 1840. James G. Birney, Myron Holley, Joshua Leavitt, and Gerrit Smith proposed the creation...
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    to the immediate abolition of slavery. The Liberty Party nominated James G. Birney for president and Thomas Earle for vice president in the 1840 presidential...
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    Salmon P. Chase, in alliance with local abolitionist and publisher James G. Birney, acted in her defense. Though unsuccessful in obtaining Matilda's freedom...
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    Union army. Birney was a son of prominent Southern abolitionist leader James G. Birney and the older brother of Civil War general David B. Birney. Another...
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    Lewis Tappan, James G. Birney, Lydia Maria Child, Maria Weston Chapman, Nathan Lord, Augustine Clarke, Samuel Cornish, George T. Downing, James Forten, Abby...
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