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Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874 [Parsons address]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00496.088.02 Author/Creator: Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Autograph manuscript Date: circa 2 October 1866 Pagination: 34 p. : Height: 31.7 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

Refers to the "sepulchre of Human Rights" and Andrew Johnson's "whiteing." Discusses states rights in regard to the rebellion. Refers to the legislation of former enslavers. Draft copy, with excerpts and pages pasted in. Pages are misnumbered. Unknown date assigned. Transcript available.

Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874

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