What Is The Gag Rule Slavery? [Solved]
Namaste, iam Geoffrey Marks, Have a blessed day. What Is The Gag Rule Slavery? [Solved] In Congress, the House of Representatives used the “gag rule” to prohibit discussions and debates of the anti-slavery petitions. In the late 1830s, Congress received more than 130,000 petitions from citizens demanding the abolition of slavery in Washington, D.C. and other federally- controlled territories. The Gag Rule and Slavery In the 1800’s, the American political system enacted something known as a "...