Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874 to Silas Ketchum

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GLC#
GLC03980
Type
Letters
Date
December 16, 1856
Author/Creator
Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874
Title
to Silas Ketchum
Place Written
Boston, Massachusetts
Pagination
2 p. : Height: 20 cm, Width: 12.8 cm
Primary time period
National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
Sub-Era
Age of Jackson

Senator Sumner informs Ketchum, "Of course, I cannot identify the child to which you refer. There was a little girl quite white, a slave in Washington, whose freedom was purchased through my agency, & afterwards sent to Boston, where I presume she now is. She was sometimes called Ida May, & was about 10 years of age." In a post script, writes, "Of course, the proslavery democratic papers deny everything that tells against Slavery. They deny the wrongs of Kansas!"

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