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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC00267.003 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1856 |
| Title | Speech of Hon. Robert M. T. Hunter, of Virginia, on the resolutions of the Massachusetts legislature concerning the assault on Mr. Sumner |
| Date | 24 June 1856 |
| Author | Hunter, R. M. T. (Robert Mercer Taliaferro) (1809-1887) |
| Document Type | Pamphlet |
| Content Description | Signed by Hunter on a piece of paper pasted to the title page. Delivered in the senate of the United States, 24 June 1856. Printed at the Congressional Globe Office, Washington, D.C. Hunter was a senator from Virginia. |
| Subjects | Bleeding Kansas Statehood African American History Slavery Abolition Reform Movement Congress Injury or Wound Government and Civics |
| People | Hunter, Robert Mercer Taliaferro (1809-1887) |
| Place written | Washington, D.C. |
| Theme | Slavery & Abolition; African Americans; Government & Politics |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Additional Information | Sumner was beaten on the Senate floor by South Carolina representative Preston Brooks after his "Crime Against Kansas," speech in which he argued Kansas should be admitted to the Union as a free state. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |