James G. Birney

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This file appears in: James G. Birney Home

James G. Birney, pictured here, was born in Kentucky, moved to Alabama, and later returned to the Bluegrass State where he freed his slaves. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.

This file appears in: James G. Birney Home

By Tim Talbott
Historical Marker #36 in Danville, Kentucky, notes the birthplace of abolitionist and nineteenth-century presidential candidate, James Gillespie Birney. Birney was born in Danville in 1792 to a…