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What rule in Congress kept Abolitionist from getting much movement toward ending slavery.

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Gag rule

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during the 24th Congress (1835–1837), the U.S. House of Representatives instituted the “gag rule,” the first instance of what would become a traditional practice forbidding the House from considering anti-slavery petitions.

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