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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02095.22 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection relating to Charles Sumner |
| Title | Senate resolution submitted by Charles Sumner |
| Date | 18 June 1862 |
| Author | Sumner, Charles (1811-1874) |
| Document Type | Government document |
| Content Description | Appeals to the people to manifest their loyalty by ceasing to fight or work for the rebels, and putting their resources into supporting the Union. States that the government will reciprocate. Writes, "...it is the further duty of the government of the United States to maintain all such loyal people, without distinction of color or class, in their rights as men, according to the principles of the Declaration of Independence." Marked 37th Congress, 2d Session, Mis. Doc. No. 104. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Forces Politics Abolition Slavery African American History Declaration of Independence Civil Rights |
| People | Sumner, Charles (1811-1874) |
| Place written | Washington, D.C. |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Slavery & Abolition; African Americans; Government & Politics |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |