Project Gutenberg 2015-02-19 Public domain in the USA. 284 Sumner, Charles 1811 1874 Charles Sumner: his complete works, volume 18 (of 20) Produced by Mark C. Orton and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Charles Sumner: his complete works, volume 18 (of 20)" by Charles Sumner is a collection of political speeches and writings focusing on civil rights and social justice, written in the late 19th century. The volume primarily features Sumner's powerful oratory as a U.S. Senator addressing significant issues of his time, especially surrounding the post-Civil War Reconstruction era and the rights of African Americans. Sumner’s works advocate for equality and justice, emphasizing the need for a uniform national law to protect human rights against state-level injustices. The opening of this volume sets the scene for Sumner's speeches delivered in the Senate between 1870 and 1871. He discusses critical topics such as the admission of Mississippi into Congress, the first African American senator, and the ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment. In his arguments, Sumner passionately conveys the importance of human rights over the outdated notions of state rights, arguing for civil equality and moral responsibility following the nation's recovery from the Civil War. By firmly asserting that equality is the foundation of the Republic, Sumner advocates for legislation that acknowledges and protects the rights of all citizens, thereby challenging the prevailing social and political norms of his era. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 58.7 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Slavery -- United States Speeches, addresses, etc., American E300 Text Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches Category: History - American Category: Politics 671356 2025-08-19T11:24:12.139363 text/html 663120 2024-10-24T17:02:34 text/html 398236 2025-08-19T11:24:21.290340 application/epub+zip 406346 2025-08-19T11:24:13.576364 application/epub+zip 319967 2025-08-19T11:24:12.834339 application/epub+zip 607524 2025-08-19T11:24:26.919790 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 559684 2025-08-19T11:24:20.490326 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 471968 2022-09-22T03:36:17.771195 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 559098 2025-08-19T11:24:10.863377 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 539169 2024-10-24T17:02:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16822 2025-08-19T11:24:27.065790 application/rdf+xml 16426 2025-08-19T11:24:12.961396 image/jpeg 2624 2025-08-19T11:24:12.899377 image/jpeg 361196 2025-08-19T11:24:12.196399 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia