James G. Birney
American politician (1792-1857) · United States · On the map · Politicians · Died at 65
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.
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James G. Birney, abolitionist publisher whose press was twice destroyed during the Cincinnati riots of 1836.![Birney is pictured here at the conference in 1840 in a large group painting. The figure to the left is John Beaumont (another abolitionist delegate).[15]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c9/James_Gillespie_Birney.jpg)
Birney is pictured here at the conference in 1840 in a large group painting. The figure to the left is John Beaumont (another abolitionist delegate).[15]About this person
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Deceased
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Lived 1792 to 1857 · aged 65
