Arguing about Slavery: John Quincy Adams and the Great Battle in the United States Congress by William Lee Miller

Arguing about Slavery: John Quincy Adams and the Great Battle in the United States Congress

William Lee Miller

592 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction history politics informative reflective slow-paced
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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...

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