John Quincy Adams and the Politics of Slavery: Selections from the Diary
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In the final years of his political career, President John Quincy Adams was well known for his objections to slavery, with rival Henry Wise going so far as to label him "the acutest, the astutest, the archest enemy of southern slavery that ever existed." As a young statesman, however, he supported slavery. How did the man who in 1795 told a British cabinet officer not to speak to him of "the Virginians, the Southern people, the democrats," whom he...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0190932929
ISBN13:9780190932923
Release Date:March 2019
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Length:336 Pages
Weight:0.90 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 5.6" x 8.9"
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