Giddings

Giddings, Joshua Reed (1795-1864), an American anti-slavery politician, was born at Athens in Pennsylvania. He went to Ohio, where he was called to the bar in 1820, and returned to the Legislative Assembly in 1826. From 1838 to 1859 he sat in Congress, and in 1842 he underwent a vote of censure for his views on slavery. He resigned his seat, and was re-elected by his constituents. In 1861 he went as consul-general to Canada, where he died. His published works are Speeches, The Exiles of Florida, and The Rebellion: its Authors and Causes.