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title: 'Sketches of the Life and Writings of James Gillespie Birney'
type: pdf
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authors:
- 'Beriah Green, Jr.'
date: 1844-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Autobiography and Biography'
- 'Slavery'
- 'Politics'
scriptures:
- 'James 2'
- 'Isaiah 1'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/green-1844-sketches-of-the-life-and-writings-of-james-gillespie-birney
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# Sketches of the Life and Writings of James Gillespie Birney

Biography of James G. Birney: his Kentucky upbringing, legal and political career, conversion to abolitionism, and selection as the Liberty Party's presidential candidate.

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