Project Gutenberg 2015-02-28 Public domain in the USA. 186 Sumner, Charles 1811 1874 Charles Sumner: his complete works, volume 11 (of 20) E-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) "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.) Reading ease score: 57.5 (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: Law & Criminology Category: Politics 1049653 2025-07-19T11:22:15.586096 text/html 1050217 2024-10-24T17:04:39 text/html 527243 2025-07-19T11:22:28.685014 application/epub+zip 541577 2025-07-19T11:22:17.687070 application/epub+zip 448719 2025-07-19T11:22:16.604115 application/epub+zip 838922 2025-07-19T11:22:36.199982 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 768592 2025-07-19T11:22:27.484065 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 674590 2022-09-22T03:58:24.416038 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 887102 2025-07-19T11:22:13.608142 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 867075 2024-10-24T17:04:39 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17531 2025-07-19T11:22:36.348970 application/rdf+xml 14290 2025-07-19T11:22:16.764063 image/jpeg 2527 2025-07-19T11:22:16.686066 image/jpeg 484162 2025-07-19T11:22:15.662101 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