John Quincy Adams and the Gag Rule, 18351850

Examining the congressional debates on antislavery petitions before the Civil War.

About the author

Peter Charles Hoffer is a distinguished research professor of history at the University of Georgia. He is the author of many books, including Sensory Worlds in Early America and Law and People in Colonial America.

Summary

A lively narrative intended for history classrooms and anyone interested in abolitionism, slavery, Congress, and the coming of the Civil War, John Quincy Adams and the Gag Rule, 1835-1850, vividly portrays the importance of the political machinations and debates that colored the age.

Product details

• Authors: Peter Charles Hoffer, Peter Charles (Research Professor of Histo Hoffer, Peter Charles (Research Professor of History Hoffer, Hoffer Peter Charles
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2017
• EAN: 9781421423883
• ISBN: 978-1-4214-2388-3
• No. of pages: 120
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 13 mm
• Series: Witness to History; Witness to History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery, HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), History of the Americas, Slavery & abolition of slavery, Early 19th century c 1800 to c 1850, American Civil War