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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02095.21 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection relating to Charles Sumner |
| Title | The barbarism of slavery. Speech of Hon. Charles Sumner, on the Bill for the admission of Kansas as a free state |
| Date | 4 June 1860 |
| Author | Sumner, Charles (1811-1874) |
| Document Type | Pamphlet; Government document |
| Content Description | Given in the Senate, 4 June 1860. Condemns slavery as barbaric and criticizes various pro-slavery arguments, including that slavery was not upheld by the United States Constitution. Published by Thaddeus Hyatt, Washington, D.C. Printed as the clergy edition. With advertisements on the wrappers. |
| Subjects | Bleeding Kansas Statehood Law Congress African American History Slavery Religion |
| People | Sumner, Charles (1811-1874) |
| Place written | Washington, D.C. |
| Theme | Slavery & Abolition; The American Civil War; African Americans; Government & Politics |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | Sumner returned to the Senate in 1859 after an absence caused by the brutal beating inflicted on him by Congressman Preston Brooks of South Carolina. This was Sumner's first major oration before Senate since his return. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |