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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC00267.162 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1856 |
| Title | Last three speeches on Kansas and freedom |
| Date | 7 February - 20 May 1856 |
| Author | Sumner, Charles (1811-1874) |
| Document Type | Pamphlet |
| Content Description | Published by Higgins and Bradley. Includes "Origination of Appropriation Bills" (delivered 7 February), "The Abrogation of Treaties" (delivered 6 March), and "The Crime Against Kansas. The Apologies for the Crime. The True Remedy" (19 and 20 May 1856). In "The Crime Against Kansas," Sumner declares the testimony of Emigrant Aid Company false (refer to GLC00267.159). |
| Subjects | Government and Civics Congress African American History Slavery Bleeding Kansas Mobs and Riots Politics Finance Economics Law Abolition Reform Movement |
| People | Sumner, Charles (1811-1874) |
| Place written | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Theme | Slavery & Abolition; African Americans; Government & Politics; Westward Expansion; Law; Banking & Economics |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Additional Information | Sumner, an ardent abolitionist, was a United States Senator from Massachusetts 1851-1874. Preston Brooks of South Carolina beat Sumner with a cane after Sumner delivered "The Crime against Kansas," which condemned Southern advocacy of the expansion of slavery. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |
| Related documents | Memorial of the New England Emigrant Aid Company, praying indemnification for the destruction of property, at Lawrence, Kansas, May 21, 1856 |