William Birney
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 117 years ago |
Date of birth | May 28,1819 |
Zodiac sign | Gemini |
Born | Huntsville |
Alabama | |
United States | |
Date of died | August 14,1907 |
Died | Forest Glen |
Silver Spring | |
Maryland | |
United States | |
Parents | James G. Birney |
Children | William Verplanck Birney |
Books | James C. Birney and His Times: The Genesis of the Republican Party |
James G. Birney and His Times | |
James G. Birney and His Times: The Genesis of the Republican Party, with Some Account of Abolition | |
Sketch of the Life of James G. Birney | |
James G. Birney and His Times: The Genesis of the Republican Party with Some Account of Abolition Movements in the South Before 1828 | |
Awards | Benjamin Franklin Award |
Overton Prize | |
Education | Yale University |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 1354866 |
William Birney Life story
William Birney was an American professor, Union Army general during the American Civil War, attorney and author. An ardent abolitionist, he was noted for encouraging thousands of free black men to join the Union army.