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2 days ago · Post-presidency. Congressional career. Abolitionism. 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 ...
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Louisa Catherine Adams (née Johnson; February 12, 1775 – May...
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George Washington Adams (April 12, 1801 – April 30, 1829)...
- Andrew Jackson
Secretary of State John Quincy Adams defended him as he...
- John Adams II
Biography. John Adams II was born in Quincy, Massachusetts,...
- Mendi Bible
The book was stolen from the Adams site in November 1996 and...
- United States V. The Amistad
John Quincy Adams would argue that issue before the Supreme...
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4 days ago · Published April 15, 2024 at 9:20 AM CDT. Listen • 18:02. On this edition of Conversations, Joyce Lee Malcolm talks with host Dan Skinner about “ The Times That Try Men’s Souls – The Adams, the Quincy’s and the Battle for Loyalty in the American Revolution.
4 days ago · They called it an evil feature of society as a whole. They did what they could to limit slavery and end it where possible, but were not part of any abolitionist group. For example, in 1841, John Quincy Adams represented the Amistad African slaves in the Supreme Court of the United States and argued that they should be set free.
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5 days ago · "Antislavery men", like John Quincy Adams, did what they could to limit slavery and end it where possible, but were not part of any abolitionist group. For example, in 1841 Adams represented the Amistad African slaves in the Supreme Court of the United States and argued that they should be set free. [103]
4 days ago · The law would also prevent the enslaved from learning about the abolitionist movement which proposed to end slavey. ... The Mende were defended by former President John Quincy Adams whose father ...
4 days ago · The manacles of this piece can be opened and closed, a powerful statement of the still unresolved issue of slavery at that time. John Quincy Adams Ward, The Freedman, 1863. Bronze. 2000.15, Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas.
5 days ago · Historian Eric Foner explains why the Fugitive Slave Act was such a divisive political act and a turning point in the sectional conflicts that had plagued American society during the antebellum era. Foner also describes the role of former slaves in shaping the abolitionist movement.
