The inconsistency of the institution of domestic slavery with the principles of the Declaration of Independence was seen and lamented by all the southern patriots of the Revolution.

John Quincy Adams

(1767 – 1848) 6th U.S. President, U.S. Congressman, U.S. Secretary of State, U.S. Ambassador to Russia, Prussia, United Kingdom, & The Netherlands.

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