John Quincy Adams and the Gag Rule, 1835-1850 by Peter Charles Hoffer

John Quincy Adams and the Gag Rule, 1835-1850

Witness to History

Peter Charles Hoffer

120 pages missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative medium-paced
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Passed by the House of Representatives at the start of the 1836 session, the gag rule rejected all petitions against slavery, effectively forbidding Congress from addressing the antislavery issue until it was rescinded in late 1844. In the Senate,...

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