Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848 to Gerrit Smith
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06315 Author/Creator: Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1837/04/05 Pagination: 4 p. ; 25 x 20.3 cm. Order a Copy
Political situation, Gag Rule, opposition to slavery. "The condition of the African race in this Union has ever been to me subject of deep concern... I have felt an anxious wish that slavery might be abolished... throughout the Union and throughout the world... [but] the people of the free states are spell-bound by the talisman of ambition to sustain the slavery of the south."
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