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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02095.20 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1856 |
| Title | The Crime Against Kansas. Speech of Hon. Charles Sumner, of Massachusetts. In the Senate of the United States, May 19, 1856 |
| Date | 1856 |
| Author | Sumner, Charles (1811-1874) |
| Document Type | Pamphlet |
| Content Description | Sumner delivered this speech after the May 1856 debates on slavery in Kansas. Condemns Southern advocacy of the expansion of slavery. Published by Greeley and McElrath, New York. Advertised on cover page as being "for sale at the office of the New York Tribune." With advertisements for other publications on the back cover. |
| Subjects | Bleeding Kansas Abolition Politics Reform Movement Slavery African American History Statehood Congress |
| People | Sumner, Charles (1811-1874) |
| Place written | New York, New York |
| Theme | Government & Politics; Slavery & Abolition; African Americans |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Additional Information | Congressman Preston Brooks of South Carolina believed that Sumner had insulted his uncle, Senator Andrew Butler, in this two day oration against slavery. In retaliation, Brooks used his cane to beat Sumner unconscious in the Senate chamber 22 May 1856. The South applauded Brooks, while the North used the caning to symbolize the savagery and brutality of the South. Sumner did not fully recover, or return to his Senate seat, until 1859. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |