John Adams Quotes about Slavery

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Negro slavery is an evil of colossal magnitude.

Negro slavery is an evil of colossal magnitude.

John Adams

Evil, Slavery, Magnitude

John Adams (1997). “Rivoluzioni e Costituzioni”, p.37, Guida Editori

Slavery is a foul contagion in the human character.

John Adams

Character, Slavery, Foul

John Adams' Letter to Joseph Ward, founders.archives.gov. January 8, 1810.

Every measure of prudence, therefore, ought to be assumed for the eventual total extirpation of slavery from the United States ... I have, throughout my whole life, held the practice of slavery in ... abhorrence.

John Adams

Practice, United States, Slavery

John Adams, Carolyn P. Yoder (2007). “John Adams, the writer: a treasury of letters, diaries, and public documents”, Calkins Creek Books

Negro Slavery is an evil of Colossal magnitude. I am therefore utterly averse to the admission of Slavery into the Missouri Territory, and heartily wish that every Constitutional measure may be adopted for the preservation of it.

John Adams

Evil, Slavery, Territory

Letter to William Tudor, Jr., founders.archives.gov. November 20, 1819.