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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03980 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1856 |
| Title | Charles Sumner to Silas Ketchum concerning a freed slave |
| Date | 16 December 1856 |
| Author | Sumner, Charles (1811-1874) |
| Recipient | Ketchum, Silas |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Senator Sumner informs Ketchum, "Of course, I cannot identify the child to which you refer. There was a little girl quite white, a slave in Washington, whose freedom was purchased through my agency, & afterwards sent to Boston, where I presume she now is. She was sometimes called Ida May, & was about 10 years of age." In a post script, writes, "Of course, the proslavery democratic papers deny everything that tells against Slavery. They deny the wrongs of Kansas!” |
| Subjects | Slave Life Children and Family Women's History African American History Slavery Emancipation Manumission Bleeding Kansas Politics Democratic Party Journalism |
| People | Sumner, Charles (1811-1874) Ketchum, Silas (fl. 1856) May, Ida (fl. 1846) |
| Place written | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Theme | Slavery & Abolition; African Americans; Women in American History; Children & Family; Government & Politics |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |