The Kansas question: Senator Sumner's speech,delivered in the Senate of the United States, May 19th and 20th, 1856, with Senator Mason's reply

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Title

The Kansas question: Senator Sumner's speech,delivered in the Senate of the United States, May 19th and 20th, 1856, with Senator Mason's reply

Subject

Charles Sumner, Kansas-Nebraska, James Murray Mason, Slavery, United States Senate.

Description

Also known as “The Crime against Kansas” Speech, this debate was replied to two days later in the form of a vicious assault by Preston Brooks, elevating the passions of the national strife to an even greater level. This Speech includes an exchange with Senator Mason.

Creator

Cincinnati, Pub. by Geo. S. Blanchard, 1856.

Charles Sumner (1811-1874)

James Murray Mason (1798-1871)

Source

The Congressional Globe

Publisher

Hathi Trust Digital Library

Date

19, May, 1856

20, May, 1856

Contributor

Santiago Jauregui

Rights

Item not held in Copyright, Public Domain

Format

Digitized Book

Language

English

Type

Transcribed Speech

Identifier

The Kansas question. Senator Sumner's speech, reviewing the action of the Federal Administration upon the subject of slavery in Kansas; delivered in the Senate of the United States, May 19th and 20th, 1856. Including the debate which followed; remarks of Senators Douglas, Cass, and Mason; and Mr. Sumner's reply.

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Cincinnati, Pub. by Geo. S. Blanchard, 1856. Charles Sumner (1811-1874) James Murray Mason (1798-1871) , “The Kansas question: Senator Sumner's speech,delivered in the Senate of the United States, May 19th and 20th, 1856, with Senator Mason's reply,” Mason's Legacies, accessed May 8, 2024, https://masonslegacies.org/items/show/843.