John Quincy Adams, Reluctant Abolitionist

John Quincy Adams, Reluctant Abolitionist
Author: Jeffrey A. Denman
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 261
Release: 2023-09-21
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1476693293

As a Harvard alumnus, diplomat, U.S. President, member of Congress and attorney before the Supreme Court, John Quincy Adams had a unique relationship with slavery. Prickly and curmudgeonly, he danced with abolitionists, but never became one himself. However, Adams did harbor an intense hatred for the arguments of Southern slaveholders, and eventually found himself in the center of America's greatest struggle. Informed by Adams' revealing and often tormented musings from his vast diary, this sweeping narrative offers a unique and gripping account of John Quincy Adams' battle with slavery, while exploring the many fault lines in American society that led to the Civil War. Included are the dramatic showdowns in the House of Representatives and Supreme Court, as well as Adams' attempts at outsmarting Southern politicians and his efforts to keep slavery at the forefront of Congressional activities.

John Quincy Adams

John Quincy Adams
Author: Paul E. Teed
Publisher: Nova Publishers
Total Pages: 222
Release: 2006
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9781594547973

By the standards that historians usually use to judge presidents, John Quincy Adams was a failure. Although better qualified for the office than any American of his generation, he served for only one term and was unable to accomplish any of the most cherished goals set forth so boldly at the beginning of his presidency. His election to the presidency in 1824 was itself fraught with controversy and charges of political corruption and he was soundly defeated in his bid for re-election by Andrew Jackson. To many contemporaries and even some historians, Adams has appeared completely out of touch with the democratic revolution that was transforming American life at the time. He seemed a relic of a discredited, eighteenth-century political world. Yet John Quincy Adams has not shared the fate of other presidential failures who have faded almost entirely from the national memory.

A Discourse Occasioned by the Death of the Hon. John Quincy Adams

A Discourse Occasioned by the Death of the Hon. John Quincy Adams
Author: Hague William
Publisher: Wentworth Press
Total Pages: 24
Release: 2019-03-03
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780526732364

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000-899

000-899
Author: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1004
Release: 1908
Genre: Classified catalogs (Dewey decimal)
ISBN: