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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02448.15 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862 |
| Title | Charles Sumner to Owen Lovejoy regarding the Freedom Bill |
| Date | 7 April 1862 |
| Author | Sumner, Charles (1811-1874) |
| Recipient | Lovejoy, Owen |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Sumner, a United States Senator, writes to Lovejoy, a Representative from Illinois. Writes, "Here is Senate Bill 230, which you desired. We shall send you the Freedom Bill, & trust to your good votes & Providence." In a post script, notes that Trumbull will be speaking for emancipation (possibly referring to Lyman Trumbull, a Senator from Illinois who later co-sponsored the Thirteenth Amendment). Year based on content. |
| Subjects | Congress Government and Civics Civil War Emancipation Slavery Abolition African American History Reform Movement Law Slavery American Anti-Slavery Society Member |
| People | Sumner, Charles (1811-1874) Lovejoy, Owen (1811-1864) Trumbull, Lyman (1813-1896) |
| Place written | Washington, D.C. |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Government & Politics; Slavery & Abolition |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | Owen Lovejoy was the brother of Elijah Parish Lovejoy, the abolitionist who was famously murdered while defending his printing press from a pro-slavery mob. Owen Lovejoy was also a prominent abolitionist and confidante of Abraham Lincoln. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
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