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Historical Minutes: Gag Rule: March 16, 1836

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A look at how the Senate in 1836 imposed a gag rule on petitions that advocated the abolition of slavery. Information is from "Arguing about Slavery" by William Lee Miller.

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abolition, anti-slavery movement, citizen rights, gag rule, resistance to abolition, struggles over slavery, john calhoun, petitions about slavery, pro-slavery faction
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