Are we a nation? : manuscript, 1867.

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Are we a nation? : manuscript, 1867.

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Speech delivered before the New York Young Men's Republican Union, 19 Nov. 1867; concerns the conditions of the U.S. federal government that led to the Civil War and the role of the federal (vs. state) government in the aftermath of the war.

1 v. (138 leaves) ; 25 cm.

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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...