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an abolitionist, politician and jurist
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born in Danville, Kentucky.
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Other members of Birney’s family felt personal moral responsibility and refused to own slaves. Most notably, the aunt that raised him did not own slaves and paid them when they performed services for her
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he attended several sermons given by a Baptist abolitionist by the name of David Barrow in his youth, which he later recalled with fondness.
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He studied political philosophy, logic and moral philosophy, and became known as a proficient debater.
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. Birney graduated from Princeton on September 26, 1810.
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After this, he began to study law at the office of Alexander J. Dallas in Philadelphia, the father of his Princeton friend and classmate.
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