James Gillespie Birney (February 4, 1792 – November 18, 1857) was an American abolitionist, politician, and attorney born in Danville, Kentucky. He changed from being a planter and slave owner to abolitionism, publishing the abolitionist weekly The Philanthropist. He twice served as the presidential nominee for the anti-slavery Liberty Party. (From Wikipedia) More about James Gillespie Birney:
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8 additional books about James Gillespie Birney in the extended shelves: James G. Birney and his times; the genesis of the Republican Party. (Bergman Publishers, 1969), by William Birney (page images at HathiTrust)
James Gillespie Birney: slaveholder to abolitionist. (Cornell University Press, 1955), by Betty Fladeland (page images at HathiTrust)
James G. Birney and his times the genesis of the Republican Party with some account of abolition movements in the South before 1828 (D. Appleton, 1890), by William Birney (page images at HathiTrust)
A tribute to James G. Birney. (J. Warren's Book and Job Office, 1863) (page images at HathiTrust)
Sketch of the life of James G. Birney (National Christian Association, 1884), by William Birney (page images at HathiTrust)
James G. Birney and his times; the genesis of the Republican Party with some account of abolition movements in the South before, 1828. (Negro Universities Press, 1969), by William Birney (page images at HathiTrust)
James G. Birney and his times; the genesis of the Republican Party with some account of abolition movements in the South before 1828. (Appleton, 1889), by William Birney (page images at HathiTrust)
James Gillespie Birney: slaveholder to abolitionist (Greenwood Press, 1969), by Betty Fladeland (page images at HathiTrust)
Books by James Gillespie Birney: Additional books by James Gillespie Birney in the extended shelves: Birney, James Gillespie, 1792-1857: The American churches, the bulwarks of American slavery. (C. Whipple, 1842) (page images at HathiTrust) Birney, James Gillespie, 1792-1857: The American churches the bulwarks of American slavery (P. Pillsbury, 1885) (page images at HathiTrust) Birney, James Gillespie, 1792-1857: The American churches, the bulwarks of American slavery. (Charles Whipple, 1842) (page images at HathiTrust) Birney, James Gillespie, 1792-1857: The American churches, the bulwarks of American slavery. (C. Whipple, 1842), also by African American Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) (page images at HathiTrust) Birney, James Gillespie, 1792-1857: The American churches, the bulwarks of American slavery. (C. Whipple, 1842) (page images at HathiTrust) Birney, James Gillespie, 1792-1857: The American churches, the bulwarks of American slavery (O. Johnson, 1843) (page images at HathiTrust) Birney, James Gillespie, 1792-1857: A Collection of valuable documents, being Birney's vindication of abolitionists-- Protest of the American a. s. society--To the people of the United States, or, To such Americans as value their rights--Letter from the Executive Committee of the N. Y. A. S. Society, to the Exec. Com. of the Ohio State A.S.S. at Cincinnati. Outrage upon southern rights. (I. Knapp, 1836), also by Isaac Knapp, New York State Anti-Slavery Society, and American Anti-Slavery Society (page images at HathiTrust) Birney, James Gillespie, 1792-1857: Correspondence between James G. Birney, of Kentucky, and several individuals of the Society of Friends. (Printed at the Essex Gazette Office, 1835), also by New England Yearly Meeting of Friends (page images at HathiTrust) Birney, James Gillespie, 1792-1857: Correspondence, between the Hon. F. H. Elmore, one of the South Carolina delegation in Congress, and James G. Birney, one of the secretaries of the American anti-slavery society. (American anti-slavery society, 1838), also by F. H. Elmore (page images at HathiTrust) Birney, James Gillespie, 1792-1857: Correspondence, between the Hon. F. H. Elmore, one of the South Carolina delegation in Congress, and James G. Birney, one of the secretaries of the American Anti-Slavery Society. (American Anti-Slavery Society, 1838), also by F. H. Elmore and African American Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) (page images at HathiTrust) Birney, James Gillespie, 1792-1857: Examination of the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States, in the case of Strader, Gorman and Armstrong vs. Christopher Graham, delivered at its December term, 1850 : concluding with an address to the free colored people, advising them to remove to Liberia (Truman & Spofford, publishers, 1852), also by United States Supreme Court (page images at HathiTrust) Birney, James Gillespie, 1792-1857: Letter on colonization. (New York, 1834) (page images at HathiTrust) Birney, James Gillespie, 1792-1857: Letter on colonization, addressed to the Rev. Thornton J. Mills, corresponding secretary of the Kentucky Colonization Society. (Office of the Anti-slavery Reporter, 1834) (page images at HathiTrust) Birney, James Gillespie, 1792-1857: Letter on colonization, addressed to the Rev. Thornton J. Mills, corresponding secretary of the Kentucky colonization society. (American anti-slavery society, 1838) (page images at HathiTrust) Birney, James Gillespie, 1792-1857: A letter on the political obligations of abolitionists (Dow & Jackson, printers, 1839), also by William Lloyd Garrison (page images at HathiTrust) Birney, James Gillespie, 1792-1857: Letter to ministers and elders, on the sin of holding slaves, and the duty of immediate emancipation. (S.W. Benedict & co., 1834) (page images at HathiTrust) Birney, James Gillespie, 1792-1857: Mr. Birney's second letter. ([n.p., 1834) (page images at HathiTrust)
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