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.
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