1856 Anti-Slavery Speech of Charles Sumner

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The Crime Against Kansas. The Apologies for the Crime. The true remedy. Speech of Hon. Charles Sumner, anti-slavery speech. On May 19, 1856, Massachusetts senator Charles Sumner rose to speak.The crusading antislavery Republican intended to address the explosive issue of whether Kansas should be admitted to the Union as a slave state or a free state. Thirty two page text of speech given during the presidential term of Franklin Pierce. Original
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In 1856, Charles Sumner denounced the Kansas–Nebraska Act, and he continued this attack in his "Crime against Kansas" speech on May 19 and May 20. The motivation of the Slave Power, he said, was to rape a virgin territory:
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