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100 1 _aSumner, Charles,
_d1811-1874
245 1 0 _aCharles Sumner: his complete works, volume 11 (of 20)
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2015
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2015-02-28
508 _aE-text prepared by Mark C. Orton and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org)
520 _a"Charles Sumner: His Complete Works, Volume 11 (of 20)" by Charles Sumner is a historical collection written in the late 19th century. The volume features a series of speeches and reports that reflect Sumner's strong advocacy for equality, civil rights, and the abolition of slavery. These works encapsulate significant political debates and legislative matters from the era of the Civil War through Reconstruction, offering insight into the social and legal struggles faced in the United States during this tumultuous period. The opening of this volume introduces several key issues addressed by Sumner, particularly the exclusion of colored witnesses in judicial proceedings. He highlights the historical injustices that arise from discriminatory laws allowing states to deny people of color their rights as witnesses based on their race. Sumner's opening remarks present a thorough examination of various state statutes that enforced these exclusions, showing how such legal frameworks contributed to the systemic oppression of African Americans. He passionately argues for legislative changes to rectify these injustices, drawing comparisons to historical injustices and advocating for an equitable legal system. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aSlavery -- United States
653 _aSpeeches, addresses, etc., American
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/48376
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