Who was the first American president to fight against slavery?

Answer 1

Its really hard to tell, but its probably Abraham Lincoln. Other past presidents supported abolition, but were afraid to do anything about slavery for fear it may ruin their political career. Someone said George Washington don't listen that person Washington had slaves of his own.

Answer 2

Presidents Against Slavery

Answer 3

No sitting American president fought against slavery. Abraham Lincoln intervened in the matters of Southern states not as a matter of slavery, but due to possible disruptions to trade and overall economic stability for the colonies. Only when economic well being was threatened, did Lincoln act. Slavery was an after thought and not the main issue at hand for him.... Example, slaves in Texas (the last to be freed) were not set free until a full three years after the so called Emancipation Proclamation was enacted.

Answer 4

John Adams - - - the forgotten man of the Revolution was ardently against slavery and used his position as President to speak against slavery though he had few options to legislate against it..

http://medicolegal.tripod.com/slaveryillegal.htm
""""I was involved in several causes [lawsuits] in which negroes sued for their freedom, before the [1776] Revolution. The [legal] arguments in favour of their liberty were much the same as have been urged since . . . arising from the rights of mankind."—John Adams, Letter, 21 March 1795. Adams became U.S. President, 1797-1801. ""

His Son John Quincey Adams equally argued against slavery, did little as President other than to be loudly opposed to its spread, but more effective as a Congressman..

""""The Founding Fathers deemed rights' origin as God. Rights thus were not "derived from the Constitution, but [each] a preexisting right of man, secured by . . . the Constitution . . . the framers of the Constituion would have repudiated the idea that they were giving to the people the right of petition [for example]. No, sir. That right God gave to the whole human race," said Hon. John Quincy Adams (Congressional Globe, 9 February 1837). """

http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0022-2992(196407)49%3A3%3C201%3AJAVOS%3E2.0.CO%3B2-M


The only Southerner to stand up aganst Slavery was Zachary Taylor who in spite of his Southern upbringing and owning lots of slaves, was against the Compromise of 1850 and may have been murdered by J Davis for his stance against Slavery....

Peace......................................

Answer 5

I am not a american person But I think its george washington