jeffdenman59JQA and the U.S.Supreme Court Trial of the Amistad CaptivesFor two sessions, Adams’s main thrust was the actions of the executive branch, although he certainly took slaveholders and the slave...
jeffdenman59 JQA and the Road to CensureFebruary 6, 1837 began with Adams presenting two petitions, the first from nine women from Fredericksburg, Virginia, praying not for the...
jeffdenman59JQA and the Gag Rule-The BeginningsAs the abolition movement increased its petitions to Congress after the suppression of the mailings, an even stickier problem faced Adams...
jeffdenman59JQA and Britain's Abolition of SlaveryThe British had abolished slavery in 1833 in the West Indies, Canada, Mauritius, and the Cape of Good Hope as part of the Slavery...