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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. Further, abolitionism meant disunion and Adams was a ...
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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March 4, 1825–March 3, 1829. Henry Clay. Richard Rush. 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 ...
Death. v. t. e. John Quincy Adams ( / ˈkwɪnzi / ⓘ; [a] July 11, 1767 – February 23, 1848) was an American statesman, politician, diplomat, lawyer, and diarist who served as the sixth president of the United States, from 1825 to 1829. He previously served as the eighth United States secretary of state from 1817 to 1825.
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Oct 27, 2009 · Learn about the life and career of John Quincy Adams, the sixth president of the United States and a prominent diplomat and abolitionist. Find out how he negotiated the Treaty of Ghent, supported the Monroe Doctrine and opposed slavery in Congress.
Learn how former president John Quincy Adams represented the Amistad captives in their fight for freedom before the US Supreme Court in 1841. Read his letter to Roger S. Baldwin and explore the historical context and questions for discussion.
