Birney, James Gillespie 1792-1857

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Works:	123 works in 435 publications in 1 language and 7,550 library holdings
Genres:	Controversial literature Newspapers Trials, litigation, etc History Sources Records and correspondence Biography Periodicals
Classifications:	E449, B

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Publications about James Gillespie Birney

Publications by James Gillespie Birney

Publications by James Gillespie Birney, published posthumously.

Most widely held works about James Gillespie Birney

James Gillespie Birney: slaveholder to abolitionist by Betty Fladeland ( Book )
James G. Birney and his times; the genesis of the Republican Party with some account of abolition movements in the South before 1828 by William Birney ( Book )
... Letters of James Gillespie Birney, 1831-1857 by James Gillespie Birney ( Book )
Sketches of the life and writings of James Gillespie Birney by Beriah Green ( Book )
Apostles of equality : the Birneys, the Republicans, and the Civil War by D. Laurence Rogers ( Book )

Sketch of the life of James G. Birney by William Birney ( Book )
James G. Birney and his times; the genesis of the Republican Party by William Birney ( Book )
The Birney anti-slavery collection of the Johns Hopkins University by Milton S. Eisenhower Library ( Book )
Charter of the United Nations and Statute of the International Court of Justice by United Nations ( Book )
The liberty almanac by J. N. T Tucker ( Book )
James Gillespie Birney exponent of political action against slavery by Betty Fladeland ( Book )
Who is James G. Birney? ( )
A tribute to James G. Birney by James Gillespie Birney ( )
The Tocsin of liberty ( )
Don't throw away your vote ( Book )
Don't throw away your vote ( Book )
The Liberty almanac. ... No. two. 1845. ... ( Book )
The Liberty almanac : no. two, 1845 : sixty nine and seventy years of American independence (so called) ( Book )
The frauds and forgeries of the Michigan Whigs in their endeavors to secure the election of Henry Clay, by destroying the good name and character of James G. Birney ( Book )
The negro in Cincinnati, 1802-1841 by Richard W Pih ( Book )

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Most widely held works by James Gillespie Birney

Letter on colonization addressed to the Rev. Thornton J. Mills ... by James Gillespie Birney ( )
36 editions published between 1834 and 2006 in English and held by 628 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The American churches the bulwarks of American slavery by James Gillespie Birney ( Book )
32 editions published between 1842 and 2010 in English and held by 458 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A letter on the political obligations of abolitionists by James Gillespie Birney ( Book )
12 editions published between 1839 and 1969 in English and held by 428 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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 by James Gillespie Birney ( Book )
14 editions published in 1852 in English and held by 407 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This is a trial in error to the Court of Appeals from the state of Kentucky concerning the constitutionality of slavery after the Restoration

The American churches: the bulwarks of American slavery by James Gillespie Birney ( Book )
12 editions published between 1842 and 1969 in English and held by 350 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A Collection of valuable documents ( )
13 editions published between 1836 and 1972 in English and held by 329 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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 by James Gillespie Birney ( Book )
24 editions published between 1838 and 1970 in English and held by 314 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

... Letters of James Gillespie Birney, 1831-1857 by James Gillespie Birney ( Book )
12 editions published between 1938 and 1967 in English and Undetermined and held by 302 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The philanthropist ( )
in English and held by 226 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The sinfulness of slaveholding in all circumstances tested by reason and Scripture by James Gillespie Birney ( Book )
12 editions published in 1846 in English and held by 214 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Mr. Birney's second letter To the ministers and elders of the Presbyterian Church in Kentucky by James Gillespie Birney ( Book )
20 editions published between 1834 and 1965 in English and held by 209 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Correspondence between James G. Birney of Kentucky and several individuals of the Society of Friends by James Gillespie Birney ( Book )
13 editions published between 1835 and 1968 in English and held by 190 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Correspondence between the Hon. F.H. Elmore and James G. Birney by James Gillespie Birney ( Book )
6 editions published between 1838 and 1969 in English and held by 165 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Letter to ministers and elders, on the sin of holding slaves, and the duty of immediate emancipation by James Gillespie Birney ( Book )
14 editions published between 1834 and 1963 in English and held by 133 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Letter of William E. Channing to James G. Birney by William Ellery Channing ( Book )
14 editions published between 1836 and 1936 in English and held by 109 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The American churches the bulwarks of American slavery by James Gillespie Birney ( Book )
12 editions published between 1840 and 2010 in English and held by 90 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Mr. Birney's letter to the churches : to the ministers and elders of the Presbyterian church in Kentucky by James Gillespie Birney ( Book )
7 editions published in 1834 in English and held by 25 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Birney on Texas by James Gillespie Birney ( Book )
3 editions published in 1844 in English and held by 22 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The liberty press ( )
in English and held by 19 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Anti-slavery collection ( )
in English and held by 11 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The anti-slavery collection consists primarily of publications, letters, bills of sale, slave deeds and reports from between 1769 and 1865, although one retrospective account was recorded in 1916. Most of the materials in the collection relate to slavery and support Berea College's open opposition to the institution of slavery. Of particular note in the collection is a letter and separate autograph of Levi Coffin, president of the Underground Railroad in Cincinnati, and letters from James Birney and Thomas Garrett. Also in the collection is an anti-slavery publication of 1856 written by William Goodell, a contemporary of Berea's founder John G. Fee, and Goodell's hand-written extracts from early minutes of the Manumission Society of New York

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Abolitionists Africa African Americans--Colonization American Anti-Slavery Society American Civil War (1861-1865) American Colonization Society Antislavery movements Antislavery movements--Sources Armstrong, John, Birney, James Gillespie, Blacks--Colonization Burney family Charter (United Nations) Court rules Freedom of the press Gorman, James Graham, Christopher, International Court of Justice Kentucky Kentucky Colonization Society Liberia Libraries Massachusetts Mills, Thornton J Milton S. Eisenhower Library Newspaper editors Ohio Ohio--Cincinnati Ohio--Clermont County Ohio--Hamilton County Ohio--New Richmond Ordinance of 1787 (United States) Political science Political violence Politicians Presidential candidates Press and politics Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) Slavery Slavery and the church Slavery and the church--Presbyterian Church Slavery--Controversial literature Slavery--Legal status, laws, etc Slavery--Legal status of slaves in free states Society of Friends Statute (International Court of Justice) Strader, Jacob, Texas United Nations United States

The American churches the bulwarks of American slavery

Alternative Names

American, 1792-1857

Birney, James G., 1792-1857.

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English (346)

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