Birney, James Gillespie 1792-1857 creator mixed material monographic eng 22 1 1 0.2 Correspondence (1834-1844), diaries and notebooks (1830-1890), and newspaper clippings primarily concerning Birney's participation in the antislavery movement, his associations with other abolitionists including Benjamin Lundy, Gerrit Smith, and Theodore Dwight Weld, and the efforts of the American Colonization Society and the Liberty Party toward the colonization of African Americans in Africa. Includes a notebook (circa 1890), attributed to William Birney, containing information relating to his father's activities in the abolitionist movement. Correspondents include Myron Holley, B.F. Mudge, Gerrit Smith, and Theodore Dwight Weld. Open to research. Microfilm edition available, no. 19,543. Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service , 1987. The Liberty's Advocate (Amesbury and Salisbury, Mass.; 21 October 1843, number 5) transferred to Library of Congress Rare Book and Special Collections Division. Abolitionist and editor. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008026 Holley, Myron 1779-1841 Correspondence Lundy, Benjamin 1789-1839 Mudge, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin) 1817-1879 Correspondence Smith, Gerrit 1797-1874 Smith, Gerrit 1797-1874 Correspondence Weld, Theodore Dwight 1803-1895 Weld, Theodore Dwight 1803-1895 Correspondence American Colonization Society. Liberty Party (U.S.) Abolitionists African Americans Colonization Africa Antislavery movements Slavery Abolitionists Editors Birney, William, 1819-1907 mm 79012799 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms008026 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms008026.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008026 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008026.3 Open to research. DLC 790419 20260227111654.0 mm 79012799