John Adams1735–1826The quotations of
John Adams
Founding Father, U.S. president from 1797 to 1801
1735–1826
34 quotes, most often on Government, Slavery and America. Part of the U.S. Presidents and Founding Fathers collections.
Slavery in this Country I have seen hanging over it like a black cloud for half a century…
Letter to Thomas Jefferson (3 February 1821), as quoted in Joseph J. Ellis, Passionate Sage (New York: Norton, 1993), p. 138- Letter to Robert J. Evans (1819)
- Letter to William Tudor, Jr., 20 November 1819. Partially quoted in Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation (2000) by Joseph J. Ellis, p. 240
I shudder when I think of the calamities which slavery is likely to produce in this country.
Letter to Louisa Catherine Adams (13 January 1820)- Letter to Robert J. Evans (8 June 1819)
