John Quincy Adams, Reluctant Abolitionist

by Jeffrey A. Denman

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1476693293
• ISBN13: 9781476693293
• Release Date: September 2023
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.7"
• Age Range: 18 years and up