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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC00454 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862 |
| Title | Draft of Sumner's article on "Domestic Relations" with regard to the Confederate states |
| Date | ca. 1862 |
| Author | Sumner, Charles (1811-1874) |
| Document Type | Government document |
| Content Description | Sumner, a United States Senator and abolitionist, opens his lengthy article by stating "At this moment, our Domestic Relations all hinge upon one question; what shall be done with the rebel States?" Discusses abolition and human nature, quoting William Lloyd Garrison's statement that "while men despise fraud, and loathe rapine and abhor blood, they will reject with indignation, the wild and guilty phantasy that man can hold property in man". Expresses his opinion on Southern secession. Several sections written in a different hand. Paginated in crayon and pencil, possibly by the printer. Published in Atlantic Monthly, October 1863. |
| Subjects | Secession Printing Civil War Union Forces Politics Government and Civics Confederate States of America Abolition Slavery Reform Movement African American History |
| People | Sumner, Charles (1811-1874) Garrison, William Lloyd (1805-1879) |
| Place written | s.l. |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Government & Politics; Slavery & Abolition |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |