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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02226 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1852 |
| Title | Commonwealth-extra |
| Date | 26 August 1852 |
| Author | Sumner, Charles (1811-1874) |
| Document Type | Newspapers and Magazines |
| Content Description | Sumner's argument for the appeal of the Fugitive Slave Law was that the slaveholding southern states, and not the United States as a whole, condone the institution of slavery, and thus having a national law in which such an institution is aided and perpetuated in those states who have entered the Union as free (or have since outlawed slavery) is unjust. |
| Subjects | Abolition Refugees Runaway Slave Slavery Law Government and Civics Fugitive Slave Act |
| People | Sumner, Charles (1811-1874) |
| Place written | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Theme | Slavery & Abolition; Government & Politics; Law |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |