Arguing about Slavery The Great Battle in the United States Congress

Arguing about Slavery: The Great Battle in the United States Congress By William Lee Miller
1996 | 577 Pages | ISBN: 0394569229 | PDF | 5 MB
A blow-by-blow re-creation of the battle royal that raged in Congress in the 1830s, when a small band of representatives, led by President John Quincy Adams of Massachusetts, employed intricate stratagems to outwit the Southern (and Southern-sympathizing) sponsors of the successive "gag" rules that had long blocked debate on the subject of slavery.