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Andrew Harrington
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Chris Adams
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John Quincy Adams' complex evolution toward abolitionism and his moral stand against slavery's corruption of American principles
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It is among the evils of slavery that it taints the very sources of moral principle. It establishes false estimates of virtue and vice For what can be more false and heartless than this doctrine which makes the first and holiest rights of humanity to depend upon the color of the skin It perverts human reason and reduces men endowed with logical
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stuff done.” He also spilled a lot of blood expanding the territory of the United States, sent five Native tribes out onto the Trail of Tears, but Mark doesn’t mention that.
Sarah Wynn-Williams • Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism
Shortly before the Hammonds’ arrival the building’s East Portico had been the scene of an assassination attempt against President Andrew Jackson. The assailant was named Richard Lawrence, who believed himself to be England’s long-dead King Richard III and claimed that Jackson had interfered with the delivery of payments long owed to him by the
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Megan Adam
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