# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-g-birney
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:10:50.751Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-g-birney"
name: "James G. Birney"
slug: "james-g-birney"
description: "James Gillespie Birney 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."
tagline: "American politician (1792-1857)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James._G_Birney.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1792-02-04"
deathDate: "1857-11-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             1.056338028169014
  historical:           12.71461866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump