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Meaning of the right of petition: Northern opinion and the antislavery Gag Rule, 1836-1844
Bouseman, Russell Wayne, Jr. (2016-07)In the 1830s, a national movement against slavery organized in the United States. One of the actions taken by slavery opponents was to petition Congress, most commonly for the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia. ...