JQA, Louisa Catherine Adams, and Slavery
The next day, Henry Wise, alluding to Adams’s remarks, reasserted that Congress had no right to abolish slavery in the District of...
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JQA and the Debate Over Slavery Petitions
Those days in Congress in December brought to the fore two very important constitutional questions that needed resolution before a crisis...
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JQA and Britain's Abolition of Slavery
The British had abolished slavery in 1833 in the West Indies, Canada, Mauritius, and the Cape of Good Hope as part of the Slavery...
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JQA and a Conversation with John C. Calhoun
His conversation with John C. Calhoun would lead him to some revealing passages in his diary. Calhoun thought it [Missouri Compromise]...
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JQA and Slave Insurrections-1800-Book Excerpt
While in Europe, Adams served as Minister to Prussia from 1797 to 1801. But Adams was concerned about what was happening in several...
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JQA in Europe-1781-Book Excerpt
Over the next several months, I will be blogging excerpts from my book, highlighting some of the more interesting and incredible moments...
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John Quincy Adams-Phi Beta Kappa Society, 1788
"That you may live to enjoy the fruits of a reputation founded upon your extensive usefulness to mankind; and that, after treading...
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John Quincy Adams: His Struggle with Slavery in Antebellum America
I am pleased to announce the publication of my forthcoming book in late 2022 John Quincy Adams: His Struggle with Slavery in Antebellum...
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