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Slavery: The Barbarism of Slavery...Speech of Hon. Charles Sumner

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Slavery: The Barbarism of Slavery...Speech of Hon. Charles Sumner
June 4, 1860, "The Barbarism of Slavery...Speech of Hon. Charles Sumner, on the Bill for the Admission of Kansas as a Free State," Washington, D.C.: Buell & Blanchard, Choice Very Fine. 32 page uncut, untrimmed pamphlet, 9.5" x 6", held loosely in a cardboard holder. A speech given by Senator Sumner in the U.S. Senate and issued by the Congressional Republican Committee for widespread political distribution during the election of 1860. In his forceful speech, Sumner refers to "the impossible pretension, where Barbarism is lost in impiety, by which man claims property in man...According to the law of nature...every human being has a complete title to himself direct from the Almighty. Naked he is born; but this birthright is inseparable from the human form. A man may be poor in this world's goods; but he owns himself. No...middle passage; no change of clime; no purchase money; no transmission from hand to hand, no matter how many times, and no matter at what price, can defeat this indefeasible God-given franchise...." Extremely rare.