House Gag Rule Suppresses Antislavery Petitions, Demonstrating Slave Power's Congressional Capture
The House of Representatives passes the Pinckney Resolutions, authored by Henry L. Pinckney of South Carolina, establishing what becomes known as the “gag rule”—a resolution automatically “tabling” all antislavery petitions, prohibiting them from being printed, read, …
Henry L. Pinckney
John Quincy Adams
U.S. House of Representatives
American Anti-Slavery Society
Pro-slavery Democrats
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