Birney, James Gillespie 1792-1857
Overview
| Works: | 164 works in 565 publications in 1 language and 10,811 library holdings |
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| Genres: | Controversial literature Newspapers Trials, litigation, etc History Sources Periodicals Records and correspondence Biography Pamphlets |
| Roles: | Author |
| Classifications: | E449, 342.7309 |
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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( )
- Apostles of equality : the Birneys, the Republicans, and the Civil War by D. Laurence Rogers( )
- Sketches of the life and writings of James Gillespie Birney by Beriah Green( Book )
- ... Letters of James Gillespie Birney, 1831-1857 by James Gillespie Birney( Book )
- Sketch of the life of James G. Birney by William Birney( )
- 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 )
- Don't throw away your vote( )
- Narrative of the late riotous proceedings against the liberty of the press, in Cincinnati : with remarks and historical notices, relating to emancipation : addressed to the people of Ohio by Ohio Anti-slavery Society( Book )
- Charter of the United Nations and Statute of the International Court of Justice by United Nations( Book )
- Who is james G. Birney?( )
- The liberty almanac by J. N. T Tucker( Book )
- James Gillespie Birney exponent of political action against slavery by Betty Fladeland( )
- The Tocsin of liberty( )
- A tribute to James G. Birney by James Gillespie Birney( Book )
- The Liberty almanac. ... No. two. 1845. ...( Book )
- James G. Birney and his times by William Birney( Book )
- [Letter to] My dear Wife by William Lloyd Garrison( Book )
- [Incomplete letter to] Dear Caroline by Maria Weston Chapman( )
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Most widely held works by
James Gillespie Birney
The American churches: the bulwarks of American slavery by
James Gillespie Birney(
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72 editions published between 1840 and 2017 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,409 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Writing primarily for a British audience, American abolitionist James Birney argues in this 1842 essay that Protestant churches in the American South are complicit in sustaining slavery. First, they avoid condemning the institution as a whole, and they also allow individual church members to mistreat their slaves without censure. Birney was the son of a wealthy Kentucky slaveowner and at one time owned a large cotton plantation in Alabama. Over the years his views on slavery evolved toward gradual emancipationism and then total abolitionism. Birney published a Cincinnati anti-slavery newspaper, The Philanthropist, and ran twice for U.S. president as a candidate for the Liberty Party, an early forerunner of the Republican Party
72 editions published between 1840 and 2017 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,409 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Writing primarily for a British audience, American abolitionist James Birney argues in this 1842 essay that Protestant churches in the American South are complicit in sustaining slavery. First, they avoid condemning the institution as a whole, and they also allow individual church members to mistreat their slaves without censure. Birney was the son of a wealthy Kentucky slaveowner and at one time owned a large cotton plantation in Alabama. Over the years his views on slavery evolved toward gradual emancipationism and then total abolitionism. Birney published a Cincinnati anti-slavery newspaper, The Philanthropist, and ran twice for U.S. president as a candidate for the Liberty Party, an early forerunner of the Republican Party
Letter on colonization, addressed to the Rev. Thornton J. Mills, Corresponding Secretary of the Kentucky Colonization Society by
James Gillespie Birney(
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43 editions published between 1834 and 2015 in English and Undetermined and held by 886 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
43 editions published between 1834 and 2015 in English and Undetermined and held by 886 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Equal under law by
Jacobus TenBroek(
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1 edition published in 1965 in English and held by 686 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This book explores the origins of the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments to the U. S. Constitution. The author gives a scholarly presentation of the evidence, and a cautious formulation of the argument. He shows how these Civil War Amendments were the natural culmination of the antislavery movement, which sought to recall Americans to the conviction that human beings have inherent and inalienable rights, of which no government may deprive them, and that human beings have these rights without regard to race or color. The author also concludes that among men's natural rights are personal security, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of religion, life, liberty, and property, and fair judicial process, and that these natural rights (as well as others) were binding on the state governments no less than on the federal government, and that the state governments had a duty to protect them. Pamphlets and other documentary products of the early abolitionist movement are analyzed to show the history of these Amendments in the political events of the Civil War, in the work of the Republican Party which led to the establishment of the Freedmen's Bureau, and related constitutional changes
1 edition published in 1965 in English and held by 686 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This book explores the origins of the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments to the U. S. Constitution. The author gives a scholarly presentation of the evidence, and a cautious formulation of the argument. He shows how these Civil War Amendments were the natural culmination of the antislavery movement, which sought to recall Americans to the conviction that human beings have inherent and inalienable rights, of which no government may deprive them, and that human beings have these rights without regard to race or color. The author also concludes that among men's natural rights are personal security, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of religion, life, liberty, and property, and fair judicial process, and that these natural rights (as well as others) were binding on the state governments no less than on the federal government, and that the state governments had a duty to protect them. Pamphlets and other documentary products of the early abolitionist movement are analyzed to show the history of these Amendments in the political events of the Civil War, in the work of the Republican Party which led to the establishment of the Freedmen's Bureau, and related constitutional changes
A letter on the political obligations of abolitionists by
James Gillespie Birney(
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13 editions published between 1839 and 1970 in English and held by 459 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
13 editions published between 1839 and 1970 in English and held by 459 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(
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20 editions published between 1852 and 1970 in English and Undetermined and held by 435 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
20 editions published between 1852 and 1970 in English and Undetermined and held by 435 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
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(
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26 editions published between 1838 and 1970 in English and Undetermined and held by 356 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
26 editions published between 1838 and 1970 in English and Undetermined and held by 356 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(
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17 editions published between 1834 and 1963 in English and Undetermined and held by 333 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
17 editions published between 1834 and 1963 in English and Undetermined and held by 333 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The sinfulness of slaveholding in all circumstances ; tested by reason and Scripture by
James Gillespie Birney(
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17 editions published between 1846 and 2008 in English and Undetermined and held by 309 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
17 editions published between 1846 and 2008 in English and Undetermined and held by 309 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Letter of William E. Channing to James G. Birney by
William Ellery Channing(
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18 editions published between 1836 and 1936 in English and held by 302 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
18 editions published between 1836 and 1936 in English and held by 302 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Mr. Birney's second letter To the ministers and elders of the Presbyterian Church in Kentucky by
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27 editions published between 1834 and 1965 in English and Undetermined and held by 295 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
27 editions published between 1834 and 1965 in English and Undetermined and held by 295 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Correspondence between James G. Birney, of Kentucky and several individuals of the Society of Friends by
James Gillespie Birney(
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13 editions published between 1835 and 1968 in English and Undetermined and held by 279 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
13 editions published between 1835 and 1968 in English and Undetermined and held by 279 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A Collection of valuable documents; being Birney's vindication of abolitionists--Protest of the American A.S. Society--To
the people of the United States; or, To such Americans as value their rights--Letter from the executive committee of the N.Y.A.S.
Society, to the Exec. Com. of the Ohio A.S.S. at Cincinnati--Outrage upon Southern rights(
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13 editions published between 1836 and 1972 in English and held by 262 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
13 editions published between 1836 and 1972 in English and held by 262 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Letters, 1831-1857 by
James Gillespie Birney(
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10 editions published between 1938 and 1966 in English and Undetermined and held by 253 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
10 editions published between 1938 and 1966 in English and Undetermined and held by 253 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A Collection of valuable documents(
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1 edition published in 1836 in English and held by 171 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
1 edition published in 1836 in English and held by 171 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Correspondence between the Hon. F.H. Elmore and James G. Birney by
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6 editions published between 1838 and 1969 in English and held by 159 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
6 editions published between 1838 and 1969 in English and held by 159 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
... Letters of James Gillespie Birney, 1831-1857 by
James Gillespie Birney(
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8 editions published between 1938 and 1967 in English and held by 50 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
8 editions published between 1938 and 1967 in English and held by 50 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Mr. Birney's letter to the churches by
James Gillespie Birney(
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8 editions published in 1834 in English and held by 47 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
8 editions published in 1834 in English and held by 47 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Anti-slavery collection(
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in English and held by 23 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
in English and held by 23 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
Birney on Texas by
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3 editions published in 1844 in English and held by 22 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
3 editions published in 1844 in English and held by 22 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
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Related Identities
- American Anti-Slavery Society
- Birney, William 1819-1907 Author
- Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
- Fladeland, Betty 1919- Author
- Weld, Theodore Dwight 1803-1895
- Stewart, Alvan 1790-1849
- TenBroek, Jacobus Author
- Bingham, John Armor 1815-1900
- Ohio Anti-slavery Society
- Dumond, Dwight Lowell 1895-1976 Editor
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Abolitionists Africa African Americans--Colonization Almanacs, American American Anti-Slavery Society American Civil War (1861-1865) Antislavery movements Antislavery movements--Sources Armstrong, John, Birney, James Gillespie, Blacks--Colonization Burney family Charter (United Nations) Constitution (United States) Freedom of the press Garrison, Helen Eliza, Garrison, William Lloyd, Graham, Christopher, International Court of Justice International law Kentucky Kentucky Colonization Society Liberia Libraries Milton S. Eisenhower Library Newspaper editors Ohio Ohio Anti-slavery Society Ohio--Cincinnati Ohio--Clermont County Ohio--Hamilton County Ohio--New Richmond Ordinance of 1787 (United States) Political violence Politicians Politics and government Presidential candidates Press and politics Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) Riots Slavery Slavery and the church Slavery and the church--Presbyterian Church Slavery--Controversial literature Slavery--Legal status of slaves in free states Slavery--Moral and ethical aspects Statute (International Court of Justice) Strader, Jacob, United Nations United States
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American 1792-1857
Birney, James G. 1792-1857
James G. Birney American politician
James G. Birney Amerikaans schrijver (1792-1857)
James G. Birney amerikansk politikar og skribent
James G. Birney amerikansk politiker och författare
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James G. Birney personnalité politique américaine
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James G. Birney politico statunitense
James G. Birney US-amerikanischer Jurist, Politiker und Abolitionist
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