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New Hampshire (New Hampshire, United States) (search for this): entry atherton-gag-the
Atherton gag, the, The name applied to a resolution introduced into the national House of Representatives by Charles G. Atherton, of New Hampshire, providing that all petitions and papers relating to the subject of slavery should be laid on the table without being debated, printed, or referred. The resolution, which was designed to prevent discussion of the slavery question, was passed Dec. 11, 1838, and was rescinded in 1845.
Charles G. Atherton (search for this): entry atherton-gag-the
Atherton gag, the, The name applied to a resolution introduced into the national House of Representatives by Charles G. Atherton, of New Hampshire, providing that all petitions and papers relating to the subject of slavery should be laid on the table without being debated, printed, or referred. The resolution, which was designed to prevent discussion of the slavery question, was passed Dec. 11, 1838, and was rescinded in 1845. Atherton gag, the, The name applied to a resolution introduced into the national House of Representatives by Charles G. Atherton, of New Hampshire, providing that all petitions and papers relating to the subject of slavery should be laid on the table without being debated, printed, or referred. The resolution, which was designed to prevent discussion of the slavery question, was passed Dec. 11, 1838, and was rescinded in 1845.
1845 AD (search for this): entry atherton-gag-the
Atherton gag, the, The name applied to a resolution introduced into the national House of Representatives by Charles G. Atherton, of New Hampshire, providing that all petitions and papers relating to the subject of slavery should be laid on the table without being debated, printed, or referred. The resolution, which was designed to prevent discussion of the slavery question, was passed Dec. 11, 1838, and was rescinded in 1845.
December 11th, 1838 AD (search for this): entry atherton-gag-the
Atherton gag, the, The name applied to a resolution introduced into the national House of Representatives by Charles G. Atherton, of New Hampshire, providing that all petitions and papers relating to the subject of slavery should be laid on the table without being debated, printed, or referred. The resolution, which was designed to prevent discussion of the slavery question, was passed Dec. 11, 1838, and was rescinded in 1845.