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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC08454.01 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1860 |
| Title | The barbarism of slavery. Speech of Hon. Charles Sumner, on the bill for the admission of Kansas as a free state. In the United State Senate, June 4, 1860. |
| Date | 4 June 1860 |
| Author | Sumner, Charles (1811-1874) |
| Document Type | Pamphlet |
| Content Description | Printed by Buell & Blanchard. Sumner calls the Missouri Compromise "the fatal partition between Freedom and Slavery." Uncut. Accompanied by address leaf cut from this pamphlet's original transmission wrapper (GLC08454.02). Edges are brittle and frayed. |
| Subjects | Abolition African American History Slavery Missouri Compromise Government and Civics Congress |
| People | Sumner, Charles (1811-1874) |
| Place written | Washington, D.C. |
| Theme | Slavery & Abolition; Religion; Government & Politics |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
| Related documents | Address leaf cut from wrapper of Sumner's pamphlet "The Barbarism of Slavery." |