Sumner, Charles 1811-1874
Overview
Works: | 1,990 works in 4,384 publications in 2 languages and 59,471 library holdings |
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Genres: | Biographies History Speeches Controversial literature Personal correspondence Sources Portraits Speeches in Congress Legislative materials |
Roles: | Author, Other, Editor, Signer, Creator, Composer, Honoree, Recipient |
Classifications: | E415.9.S9, 923.273 |
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Most widely held works about
Charles Sumner
- Charles Sumner and the coming of the Civil War by David Herbert Donald( Book )
- Charles Sumner by Moorfield Storey( Book )
- Charles Sumner and the rights of man by David Herbert Donald( Book )
- High crimes and misdemeanors : the impeachment and trial of Andrew Johnson by Gene Smith( Book )
- A memorial of Charles Sumner by Massachusetts( )
- The political style of conspiracy : Chase, Sumner, and Lincoln by Michael William Pfau( )
- Landmark documents on the U.S. Congress( Book )
- The life and times of Charles Sumner : His boyhood, education, and public career by Elias Nason( )
- Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner by Edward Lillie Pierce( )
- The caning of Charles Sumner : honor, idealism, and the origins of the Civil War by Williamjames Hoffer( Book )
- The caning : the assault that drove America to Civil War by Stephen Puleo( Book )
- Speech of Hon. A.P. Butler, of South Carolina, on the difficulty of Messrs. Brooks and Sumner, and the causes thereof by A. P Butler( )
- Life and public services of Charles Sumner by C. Edwards Lester( Book )
- Young Charles Sumner and the legacy of the American Enlightenment, 1811-1851 by Anne-Marie Taylor( Book )
- Charles Sumner, an essay by Carl Schurz( Book )
- In memory of Charles Sumner. Sermon preached at King's Chapel, Sunday, March 22, 1874. by Henry Wilder Foote( )
- Memorial addresses on the life and character of Charles Sumner, (a senator of Massachusetts,) delivered in the Senate and House of representatives, Forty-third Congress, first session, April 27, 1874, with other congressional tributes of respect by United States( )
- Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner by Charles Sumner( )
- Speech of Hon. Robert M.T. Hunter, of Virginia, on the resolutions of the Massachusetts legislature concerning the assault on Mr. Sumner by R. M. T Hunter( )
- Dinner commemorative of Charles Sumner and complimentary to Edward L. Pierce, Boston, December 29, 1894 by ANONYMOUS( )
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Most widely held works by
Charles Sumner
The true grandeur of nations : an oration delivered before the authorities of the city of Boston, July 4, 1845 by
Charles Sumner(
)
51 editions published between 1845 and 1978 in English and held by 1,403 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
51 editions published between 1845 and 1978 in English and held by 1,403 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The barbarism of slavery. : Speech of Hon. Charles Sumner, on the bill for the admission of Kansas as a free state. In the
United States Senate, June 4, 1860 by
Charles Sumner(
)
68 editions published between 1860 and 2017 in English and German and held by 1,282 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Abolitionist senator Charles Sumner was absent from the Senate after being attacked and beaten by a pro-slavery Congressman in 1856. This 1860 speech, a fiery attack on slavery, was the first he made after his rehabilitation and return
68 editions published between 1860 and 2017 in English and German and held by 1,282 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Abolitionist senator Charles Sumner was absent from the Senate after being attacked and beaten by a pro-slavery Congressman in 1856. This 1860 speech, a fiery attack on slavery, was the first he made after his rehabilitation and return
The crime against Kansas. The apologies for the crime. The true remedy by
Charles Sumner(
)
36 editions published between 1856 and 2016 in English and held by 1,039 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Speech delivered in the Senate condemning the Southern expansion of slavery and the force used in compelling Kansas to be a slave state. In the course of the speech, Sumner ridicules South Carolina Senator Andrew Butler
36 editions published between 1856 and 2016 in English and held by 1,039 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Speech delivered in the Senate condemning the Southern expansion of slavery and the force used in compelling Kansas to be a slave state. In the course of the speech, Sumner ridicules South Carolina Senator Andrew Butler
Freedom national, slavery sectional : speech of Hon. Charles Sumner, of Massachusetts, on his motion to repeal the Fugitive
Slave Bill, in the Senate of the United States, August 26, 1852 by
Charles Sumner(
)
48 editions published between 1852 and 1970 in English and Undetermined and held by 956 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
48 editions published between 1852 and 1970 in English and Undetermined and held by 956 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Recent speeches and addresses [1851-1855] by
Charles Sumner(
)
36 editions published between 1856 and 2012 in English and held by 919 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
36 editions published between 1856 and 2012 in English and held by 919 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The works of Charles Sumner by
Charles Sumner(
)
32 editions published between 1870 and 2018 in English and Undetermined and held by 843 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
32 editions published between 1870 and 2018 in English and Undetermined and held by 843 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The scholar, the jurist, the artist, the philanthropist. An address before the Phi Beta Kappa Society of Harvard University,
at their anniversary, August 27, 1846 by
Charles Sumner(
)
23 editions published between 1846 and 1956 in English and held by 740 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
23 editions published between 1846 and 1956 in English and held by 740 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The war system of the commonwealth of nations. Mr. Sumner's address before the American Peace Society by
Charles Sumner(
)
29 editions published between 1845 and 2017 in English and held by 736 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
29 editions published between 1845 and 2017 in English and held by 736 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner by
Edward Lillie Pierce(
Book
)
27 editions published between 1877 and 1999 in English and Undetermined and held by 698 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
27 editions published between 1877 and 1999 in English and Undetermined and held by 698 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The landmark of freedom: speech of Hon. Charles Sumner, against the repeal of the Missouri prohibition of slavery north of
36°30ʹ, in the Senate, February 21, 1854 by
Charles Sumner(
)
25 editions published in 1854 in English and held by 616 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
25 editions published in 1854 in English and held by 616 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The Republican party : its origin, necessity and permanence by
Charles Sumner(
)
28 editions published between 1860 and 2012 in English and held by 572 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
28 editions published between 1860 and 2012 in English and held by 572 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The crime against Kansas : speech of Hon. Charles Sumner, of Massachusetts : in the Senate of the United States, May 19, 1856 by
Charles Sumner(
)
13 editions published between 1856 and 2008 in English and held by 500 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"The fury of the propagandists of slavery, and the calm determination of their opponents, are now diffused from the distant territory over wide-spread communities, and the whole country, in all its extent--marshalling hostile divisions, and foreshadowing a strife, which, unless happily averted by the triumph of Freedom, will become war--fratricidal, parricidal war--with an accumulated wickedness beyond the wickedness of any war in human annals; justly provoking the avenging judgment of Providence and the avenging pen of history, and constituting a strife, in the language of the ancient writer, more than foreign, more than social, more than civil; but something compounded of all these strifes, and in itself more than war; sed potius commune quoddam ex omnibus et plus quam bellum. Such is the crime which you are to judge"--Page 2
13 editions published between 1856 and 2008 in English and held by 500 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"The fury of the propagandists of slavery, and the calm determination of their opponents, are now diffused from the distant territory over wide-spread communities, and the whole country, in all its extent--marshalling hostile divisions, and foreshadowing a strife, which, unless happily averted by the triumph of Freedom, will become war--fratricidal, parricidal war--with an accumulated wickedness beyond the wickedness of any war in human annals; justly provoking the avenging judgment of Providence and the avenging pen of history, and constituting a strife, in the language of the ancient writer, more than foreign, more than social, more than civil; but something compounded of all these strifes, and in itself more than war; sed potius commune quoddam ex omnibus et plus quam bellum. Such is the crime which you are to judge"--Page 2
Defence of Massachusetts by
Charles Sumner(
)
32 editions published between 1854 and 2012 in English and held by 499 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
32 editions published between 1854 and 2012 in English and held by 499 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Union and peace! How they shall be restored. Speech of Hon. Charles Sumner, before the Republican state convention, at Worcester,
October 1, 1861 by
Charles Sumner(
)
12 editions published between 1861 and 2016 in English and held by 488 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
12 editions published between 1861 and 2016 in English and held by 488 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
White slavery in the Barbary states by
Charles Sumner(
)
22 editions published between 1847 and 2019 in English and held by 473 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
22 editions published between 1847 and 2019 in English and held by 473 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Orations and speeches [1845-1850] by
Charles Sumner(
)
9 editions published in 1850 in English and held by 462 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
9 editions published in 1850 in English and held by 462 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Our foreign relations : showing present perils from England and France, the nature and conditions of intervention by mediation,
and also by recognition, the impossibility of any recognition of a new power with slavery as a corner-stone, and the wrongful
concession of ocean belligerency. Speech of Hon. Charles Sumner, before the citizens of New York, at the Cooper Institute,
Sept. 10, 1863 by
Charles Sumner(
)
20 editions published between 1863 and 2017 in English and held by 456 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
20 editions published between 1863 and 2017 in English and held by 456 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
No property in man : speech of Hon. Charles Sumner, on the proposed amendment of the Constitution abolishing slavery through
the United States by
CHARLES SUMNER(
)
11 editions published between 1864 and 2015 in English and held by 448 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
11 editions published between 1864 and 2015 in English and held by 448 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
White slavery in the Barbary States, a lecture before the Boston Mercantile Library Association, Feb. 17, 1847 by
Charles Sumner(
)
15 editions published between 1847 and 2015 in English and held by 438 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
15 editions published between 1847 and 2015 in English and held by 438 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The Nebraska question : comprising speeches in the United States Senate by Mr. Douglas, Mr. Chase, Mr. Smith, Mr. Everett,
Mr. Wade, Mr. Badger, Mr. Seward and Mr. Sumner : together with the history of the Missouri compromise, Daniel Webster's memorial
in regard to it, history of the annexation of Texas, the organization of the Oregon Territory, and the compromises of 1850 by
Stephen A Douglas(
)
9 editions published between 1854 and 1954 in English and held by 428 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
9 editions published between 1854 and 1954 in English and held by 428 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
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- United States Congress Senate
- Donald, David Herbert 1920-2009 Author
- United States Congress
- Brooks, Preston S. (Preston Smith) 1819-1857 Other Author
- Johnson, Andrew 1808-1875 Other
- Pierce, Edward Lillie 1829-1897 Author
- Lincoln, Abraham 1809-1865 Recipient Author
- Story, Joseph 1779-1845 Author
- Storey, Moorfield 1845-1929 Author
- Schurz, Carl 1829-1906 Other Author
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Charles Sumner abolitionniste et homme politique américain
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Sumner, Chas 1811-1874
Sumner, Chas. (Charles), 1811-1874
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