Historical Speech: Speech [excerpts] of Hon. Charles Sumner, of Massachusetts in the Senate of the United States
Subject
Charles Sumner
Title
Historical Speech: Speech [excerpts] of Hon. Charles Sumner, of Massachusetts in the Senate of the United States
Date
5/19/1856
Type
Historical Speech
Description
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The National Humanities Center presents an 1856 historical speech, given by Charles Sumner (LR-MA)--the leader of the anti-slavery forces in Massachusetts and the Radical Republicans in the United States Senate--to the United States Senate, in which Sumner addresses the issue of slavery being "forced" on the Kansas territory by the Nebraska Bill. Sumner says, "The reptile monster [i.e. slavery], that could not be quietly and securely hatched there, was to
be pushed full-grown into the Territory."
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The National Humanities Center presents an 1856 historical speech, given by Charles Sumner (LR-MA)--the leader of the anti-slavery forces in Massachusetts and the Radical Republicans in the United States Senate--to the United States Senate, in which Sumner addresses the issue of slavery being "forced" on the Kansas territory by the Nebraska Bill. Sumner says, "The reptile monster [i.e. slavery], that could not be quietly and securely hatched there, was to
be pushed full-grown into the Territory."
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Publisher
National Humanities Center
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“Historical Speech: Speech [excerpts] of Hon. Charles Sumner, of Massachusetts in the Senate of the United States,” Project Reconstruction, accessed April 19, 2024, https://projectreconstructionus.com/items/show/417.