Sumner, Charles (1811-1874) Last three speeches on Kansas and freedom.
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00267.162 Author/Creator: Sumner, Charles (1811-1874) Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Pamphlet Date: 1856 Pagination: 1 v. : 134 p. ; 19 x 12.4 cm. Order a Copy
Published by Higgins and Bradley. Includes "Origination of Appropriation Bills" (delivered 7 February), "The Abrogation of Treaties" (delivered 6 March), and "The Crime Against Kansas. The Apologies for the Crime. The True Remedy" (19 and 20 May 1856). In "The Crime Against Kansas," Sumner declares the testimony of Emigrant Aid Company false (refer to GLC00267.159).
Sumner, an ardent abolitionist, was a United States Senator from Massachusetts 1851-1874. Preston Brooks of South Carolina beat Sumner with a cane after Sumner delivered "The Crime against Kansas," which condemned Southern advocacy of the expansion of slavery.
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