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James Gillespie Birney (February 4, 1792 – November 18, 1857) [2] 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 .
James G. Birney: 1792–1857: Abolitionist, politician and jurist James M. Birney: 1817–1888: Publisher and U.S. Ambassador to the Netherlands: William Birney: 1819–1907: Professor, Union Army general during the American Civil War, attorney and author Jeremiah Boyle: 1818–1871: Lawyer, abolitionist, and brigadier general during the ...
James G. Birney (1792–1857), an attorney and planter who freed his slaves and became an abolitionist. [38] James Blair (c. 1788 –1841), British MP who owned sugar plantations in Demerara. [39] Simón Bolívar (1783–1830), wealthy slave owner who became a Latin American independence leader and eventually an abolitionist. [40]
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), Michigan politician, son of James G. Birney
Birney was born in Huntsville, Alabama, the son of an abolitionist from Kentucky, James G. Birney. The Birney family returned to Kentucky in 1833, and James Birney freed his slaves. In 1835, the family moved to Cincinnati, where the father published an anti-slavery newspaper.
The assembly nominated James G. Birney for president and called for a national convention of political abolitionists to meet at Albany, New York to organize the new party. [11] The Albany convention was attended by 121 delegates from six states who nominated Birney for president and Thomas Earle for vice president on April 1, 1840.
Birney is a surname of Scottish origin. [1] Notable people with the surname include: David B. Birney (1825–1864), American Civil War Union general; David Birney (born 1939), American actor; Earle Birney (1904–1995), Canadian poet; Ewan Birney (born 1972), British biologist; Jack Birney (1928–1995), Australian politician
James G. Birney, abolitionist publisher whose press was twice destroyed during the riots. Blacks in southern Ohio suffered from severe restrictions to their freedom due to the Black Codes passed by the state legislature in 1804 and 1807. Under this legislation, the testimony of any black person was invalid in a court of law.