David Waldstreicher

David Waldstreicher is the distinguished professor of history at the Graduate Center at the City University of New York. He is the editor of The Diaries of John Quincy Adams 1779-1848.

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The Revival of John Quincy Adams

The sixth president, long derided as a hapless elitist, is suddenly relevant again 250 years after his birth.
- David Waldstreicher
- Jul 11, 2017
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How the Constitution Was Indeed Pro-Slavery

Unlike Sean Wilentz suggests in The New York Times, the Constitution was not originally anti-slavery.
- David Waldstreicher
- Sep 19, 2015

David Waldstreicher

The Revival of John Quincy Adams

How the Constitution Was Indeed Pro-Slavery