John Quincy Adams, Reluctant Abolitionist
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2023
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-9329-3 (ISBN)
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-9329-3 (ISBN)
Informed by John Quincy Adams’s revealing and often tormented musings from his vast diary, this sweeping narrative offers a unique and gripping account of John Quincy Adams’s battle with slavery, while exploring the many fault lines in American society that led to the Civil War.
As a Harvard alumnus, diplomat, US 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 harbour an intense hatred for the arguments of Southern slaveholders, and eventually found himself in the centre of America's greatest struggle.Informed by Adams's revealing and often tormented musings from his vast diary, this sweeping narrative offers a unique and gripping account of John Quincy Adams's battle with slavery, while exploring the many fault lines in American society that led to the Civil War. Also included are the dramatic showdowns on the floors of the House of Representatives and Supreme Court, as well as Adams's attempts at outsmarting Southern politicians and his efforts to keep slavery at the forefront of Congressional activities.
As a Harvard alumnus, diplomat, US 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 harbour an intense hatred for the arguments of Southern slaveholders, and eventually found himself in the centre of America's greatest struggle.Informed by Adams's revealing and often tormented musings from his vast diary, this sweeping narrative offers a unique and gripping account of John Quincy Adams's battle with slavery, while exploring the many fault lines in American society that led to the Civil War. Also included are the dramatic showdowns on the floors of the House of Representatives and Supreme Court, as well as Adams's attempts at outsmarting Southern politicians and his efforts to keep slavery at the forefront of Congressional activities.
Jeffrey A. Denman is a retired American history and geography teacher from the Brookline Public Schools in Brookline, Massachusetts. He is the author of two books and multiple articles.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments deleteix
Introduction
Chapter
“The man of my whole country”
Chapter
“The welfare of this whole Union”
Chapter Three
“The destined sword in the hand of the destroying angel”
Chapter Four
“Deep if not irreconcilable collisions of interest”
Chapter Five
“The fraudulent pretences of slave-holding democracy”
Chapter
A “long, low black-looking schooner”
Chapter Seven
“The steady and undeviating pursuit of one fundamental principle”
Chapter Eight
“Liberty and the natural inalienable rights of man”
Conclusion
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 22.09.2023 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 14 photos |
| Verlagsort | Jefferson, NC |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 272 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4766-9329-3 / 1476693293 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4766-9329-3 / 9781476693293 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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