A report made to the Senate for the repeal of all fugitive slave bills : manuscript, 1866.

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A report made to the Senate for the repeal of all fugitive slave bills : manuscript, 1866.

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Sumner opposed the Kansas-Nebraska Act and the return of fugitive slaves by Union troops.

112 leaves ; 33 cm.

Houghton Library

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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...

United States. Congress. Senate

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