John Adams Quote

I shudder when I think of the calamities which slavery is likely to produce in this country. You would think me mad if I were to describe my anticipations… If the gangrene is not stopped I can see nothing but insurrection of the blacks against the whites.

1820, as quoted in John Adams, by Page Smith, Doubleday, Garden City, New York

Presidents on Slavery

I shudder when I think of the calamities which slavery is likely to produce in this country. You would think me mad if I were to describe my...

I shudder when I think of the calamities which slavery is likely to produce in this country. You would think me mad if I were to describe my...

I shudder when I think of the calamities which slavery is likely to produce in this country. You would think me mad if I were to describe my...

I shudder when I think of the calamities which slavery is likely to produce in this country. You would think me mad if I were to describe my...