[The anti-slavery enterprise] : draft, ca. 1855.

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[The anti-slavery enterprise] : draft, ca. 1855.

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Draft, ca. 1855, of a version of the speech delivered in New York on May 9, 1855, and published that year under the title "The anti-slavery enterprise." Internal evidence indicates that it was to be delivered to a Boston audience, probably on May 15, 1855. It is accompanied by a printed petition, "Memorial of the citizens of Virginia to the General Assembly, asking for certain reforms in the law concerning slaves and persons of color," and a holograph letter to Sumner from J.J. Flournoy, dated January 24, 1855.

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Flournoy, J. Jacobus (John Jacobus), 1808-1879

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John Jacobus Flournoy (1809-1879) was a resident of Clarke and Jackson counties, Georgia. Flournoy tried unsuccessfully to get elected or appointed to several political offices. He wrote numerous letters, essays, and pamphlets on an array of topics. He was considered deaf and dumb and fought against laws which classified the physically handicapped as being mentally retarded. He worked to persuade the state to establish a school for the deaf and dumb. For a full account of Flournoy' life, see E. ...

Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874

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Massachusetts lawyer and U.S. Senator, 1851-1874. He was an ardent abolitionist who attacked the south in his "crime against Kansas" speech in 1856. Two days later he was assaulted in the Senate, receiving injuries that took him years to recover from. From the description of Letters, 1858-1869. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 55768315 Born in Boston, Mass., the U.S. statesman Charles Sumner studied law at Harvard and practiced law in his native ci...