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William Birney

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Gender Male
Death117 years ago
Date of birth May 28,1819
Zodiac sign Gemini
Born Huntsville
Alabama
United States
Date of died August 14,1907
DiedForest Glen
Silver Spring
Maryland
United States
Parents James G. Birney
Children William Verplanck Birney
BooksJames 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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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.

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