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I am therefore utterly averse to the admission of Slavery into the…

Quote byJohn Adams · 1735–1826

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Letter to William Tudor, Jr., 20 November 1819. Partially quoted in Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation (2000) by Joseph J. Ellis, p. 240.

English (original)

I am therefore utterly averse to the admission of Slavery into the Missouri Territory

— John Adams

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