I want to save existing passwords for a reinstall of Firefox

Firefox 14.2.0, Slackware 64-bit 14.1.
My user account contains Firefox data from the initial release of Firefox (some years ago). I want to completely remove the Firefox directory tree and start fresh (there's a lot of stuff in there that I don't give a hoot about and it's getting out of hand). But, I do want to save log in and passwords from the existing installation so I don't have to manually reenter them in a clean install. I don't care about browsing history or download history, just the log in and password data for external sites.
How can I do that?
Also, is there any way to separate browsing history and download history? They are combined in this versions (annoying -- I don't give a hoot about download history). Used to be they were separate, now they're combined.
I don't have any problem manually editing prefs.js if that's what it takes but I'd appreciate a hint or two in the right direction.
Thanks.

See the following article:
* [[Profiles - Where Firefox stores your bookmarks, passwords and other user data|What information is stored in my profile?]]
''signons.sqlite'' and ''key3.db'' are needed to backup your passwords.
''places.sqlite'' keeps your bookmarks and browser history.
To get rid of download history,
# Press Ctrl+Shift+B to open the Library.
# Click the Downloads category on the left.
# Click the Clear Downloads button on the top toolbar.
To automatically clear download history, try the Download Cleaner add-on.
* https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/download-cleaner/

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