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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC04726 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to the 1870s |
| Title | Poetic tribute to Charles Sumner |
| Date | 31 March 1875 |
| Author | Whittier, John Greenleaf (1807-1892) |
| Document Type | Miscellany |
| Content Description | Titled "Sumner." Reads, "If to the master's plea he gave The vast contempt he felt, He saw a brother in the slave, with man as equal man he dealt." |
| Subjects | Reform Movement Slavery African American History Abolition Poetry Literature and Language Arts |
| People | Whittier, John Greenleaf (1807-1892) |
| Place written | Amesbury, Massachusetts |
| Theme | Arts & Literature; African Americans; Slavery & Abolition |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Additional Information | John G. Whittier was a noted Quaker poet and ardent abolitionist. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |