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Adams County, Iowa, and Adams County, Wisconsin, were each named for either John Adams or John Quincy Adams. Some sources contend that in 1843 Adams sat for the earliest confirmed photograph of a United States president, although others maintain that William Henry Harrison had posed even earlier for his portrait, in 1841. [ 241 ]
Ten of the first twelve American presidents owned slaves, the only exceptions being John Adams and his son John Quincy Adams, neither of whom approved of slavery. George Washington, the first president, owned slaves, including while he was president. Andrew Jackson was an interregional slave trader until at least the War of 1812.
John Quincy Adams by Gilbert Stuart, 1818. John Quincy Adams was born into a family that never owned slaves, and was hostile to the practice. His mother, Abigail Adams, held strong anti-slavery views. His father, President John Adams, despite opposing a 1777 bill in Massachusetts to emancipate slaves, opposed slavery on principle and considered ...
John Quincy Adams (American President), had a long history of opposing slavery; Bronson Alcott (American) Louisa May Alcott (American) Richard Allen (former slave, American Methodist) William G. Allen (American) Susan B. Anthony (American) Rosa Miller Avery (American) Gamaliel Bailey (American) Martha Violet Ball (American) Eusebius Barnard ...
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Joel Roberts Poinsett (March 2, 1779 – December 12, 1851) was an American physician, botanist, politician, and diplomat.He was the first U.S. agent in South America, a member of the South Carolina Legislature in the South Carolina State Capitol, at the state capital town of Columbia, and later a United States Representative (congressman) in the U.S. House of Representatives (the lower ...
A unique document containing notes written by future President John Quincy Adams in preparation for his first case before the Supreme Court is for sale for $75,000.. In 1804, Adams, then a U.S ...
In March 1841, the Supreme Court ruled that the Africans mutinied to regain their freedom after being kidnapped and sold illegally. The advocacy of former U.S. President John Quincy Adams, [6] together with Roger Sherman Baldwin, was critical to the Africans' defense. The court ordered the Africans freed and returned to Africa, if they wished.