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Birney (JAMES GILLESPIE an American)

JAMES GILLESPIE, an American statesman and publicist, born at Danville, Ky., Feb. 4, 1792. Though a Southern planter, he emancipated his slaves and became a prominent antislavery leader in the South, proprietor and editor of the anti-slavery journal, BIRNEY "The Philanthropist," etc. He was candidate of the Liberty Party for President in 1840 and 1844. He wrote "Ten Letters on Slavery and Colonization," "Addresses and Speeches," "American Churches the Bulwark of American Slavery." He died at Perth Amboy, N. J., Nov. 25, 1857.