Historical Speech:...Charles Sumner, Monday, May 19, 1862 (Printed Speech)

Charles Sumner

Historical Speech:...Charles Sumner, Monday, May 19, 1862 (Printed Speech)

5/19/1862

Historical Speech

The Library of Congress features an 1862 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--in front of the United States Senate, that expresses his support of the liberation of enslaved individuals and the confiscation of land from southern rebels. According to Sumner, "in declaring the slaves free, you will at once do more than in any other way, whether to conquer, to pacify, to punish, or to bless."

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