Today's American Minute — His Lifetime of Public Service
The Hell-Hound of Slavery: John Quincy Adams, anti-slavery champion, guided by the Bible - American Minute with Bill Federer
Guided by Bible His Lifetime of Public Service John Quincy Adams: Anti-Slavery Champion
He earned the nicknamed in Congress "The Hell-Hound of Slavery" for relentlessly speaking out against slavery, fighting to lift the Gag Rule which prohibited discussion of slavery on the House floor. Democrats tried to censure him. In 1839, he introduced a constitutional amendment to ban slavery in all new states entering the Union.