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Like most contemporaries, John Quincy Adams's views on slavery evolved over time. He never joined the movement called "abolitionist" by historians—the one led by William Lloyd Garrison —because it demanded the immediate abolition of slavery and insisted it was a sin to enslave people.
President John Adams expresses his views on slavery, the dangers posed by abolitionists, and emancipation in a letter to two Quakers. He opposes violent measures and argues that slavery is fast diminishing in America.
John Quincy Adams (born July 11, 1767, Braintree [now Quincy], Massachusetts [U.S.]—died February 23, 1848, Washington, D.C., U.S.) was the sixth president of the United States (1825–29) and eldest son of President John Adams. In his prepresidential years he was one of America’s greatest diplomats (formulating, among other things, what ...
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Feb 20, 2015 · Learn how former U.S. President John Quincy Adams fought to end slavery and advance universal freedom in his career. He challenged the gag rule, represented the Amistad Africans in court, and advocated for Native American rights.
In 1830, former Senator, Secretary of State, and President John Quincy Adams was elected to the House of Representatives. Although he did not embrace radical abolitionism, he believed that slavery was a moral evil that contradicted the ideals of the Declaration of Independence.
John Quincy Adams - Abolition Movement & Death: Adams’s long second career in Congress was at least as important as his earlier career as a diplomat. Throughout, he was conspicuous as an opponent of the expansion of slavery and was at heart an abolitionist, though he never became one in the political sense of the word.
After losing the 1828 presidential election to Andrew Jackson, John Quincy Adams was elected to the House of Representatives, where he served for 17 years as the representative from Massachusetts. In the House, Adams became one of the most vocal opponents of slavery.
