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James Gillespie Birney: References & Edit History

Additional Reading

Biographies include William Birney, James G. Birney and His Times (1890, reprinted 1969), by his son; and Betty Fladeland, James Gillespie Birney: Slaveholder to Abolitionist (1955, reissued 1969).

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First paragraph modernization. Feb 16, 2024
Anniversary information added. Jan 31, 2024
Anniversary information added. Nov 21, 2023
Invalidated site: ''American National Biography Online: Birney, James Gillespie.'' 26 Jan 2008. Feb 28, 2018
Add new Web site: Cincinnati History Library and Archives - Biography of James G. Birney. Jun 28, 2016
Add new Web site: Encyclopedia of Alabama - Biography of James G. Birney. Jun 28, 2016
Article revised. Sep 06, 2002
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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