Founding Son: Episode 4 - Don't Mess With Texas

About this episode

The episode discusses John Quincy Adams' passionate stance on the annexation of Texas and the Gag rule regarding slavery in the U.S. House during the 1830s.

John Quincy Adams unleashes on the House floor over two pivotal issues of the 1830s: The annexation of Texas, and prohibiting the discussion of slavery in the U.S. House, known as the Gag rule. Founding Son is a Curiosity Podcast and is a co-production of iHeart Podcasts and School of Humans. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Topics covered

• Texas annexation
• slavery discussion
• Gag rule
• U.S. House
• 1830s politics

Keywords

• John Quincy Adams
• Texas
• Gag rule
• slavery
• U.S. House
• 1830s
• politics

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: iHeart Podcasts, School of Humans

Places: Texas

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