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About William Birney
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.
Everything about William Birney →- Occupation
- military officer, jurist, lawyer, university teacher
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- May 28, 1819
- Died
- August 14, 1907