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Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874 The barbarism of slavery. Speech of Hon. Charles Sumner, on the bill for the admission of Kansas as a free state. In the United State Senate, June 4, 1860.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08454.01 Author/Creator: Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Pamphlet Date: 4 June 1860 Pagination: 1 v. : 32 p. ; 24.8 x 16.2 cm. Order a Copy

Printed by Buell & Blanchard. Sumner calls the Missouri Compromise "the fatal partition between Freedom and Slavery." Uncut. Accompanied by address leaf cut from this pamphlet's original transmission wrapper (GLC08454.02). Edges are brittle and frayed.

Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874

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