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Arguing About Slavery: John Quincy Adams and the Great Battle in the United States Congress
Arguing About Slavery John Quincy Adams and the Great Battle in the United States Congress
Author: William Lee Miller
In the 1830s slavery was so deeply entrenched that it could not even be discussed in Congress, which had enacted a "gag rule" to ensure that anti-slavery petitions would be summarily rejected. This stirring book chronicles the parliamentary battle to bring "the peculiar institution" into the national debate, a battle that some historians have ca...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781439502266
ISBN-10: 1439502269
Publication Date: 6/26/2008
Edition: Reprint
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