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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC00470.02 |
| From Archive Folder | Letters from Sumner to Frederick Douglass |
| Title | Charles Sumner to Frederick Douglass about the right to express opinions |
| Date | ca. December 1870 |
| Author | Sumner, Charles (1811-1874) |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Dated "Thursday." [Henry Wadsworth] Longfellow (who had a home in Nahant) informed Sumner that false words about Douglass had been attributed to Sumner. Sumner clarifies that he stated that whatever Douglass may think of the "Presidential indignity" every one had a right to express their opinion "inas much as it concerned race." |
| Subjects | Politics African American History Literature and Language Arts President |
| People | Sumner, Charles (1811-1874) Douglass, Frederick (1818-1895) Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth (1807-1882) |
| Place written | Nahant, Massachusetts |
| Theme | African Americans; Government & Politics |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | Sumner was a United States Senator from Massachusetts, who during the Civil War was known for his ardent abolitionism. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
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