Charles Sumner: his complete works, volume 03 (of 20)

This volume collects speeches, letters, and legal arguments by a nineteenth-century American statesman focused chiefly on resisting slavery's extension and defending equal rights, arguing for congressional prohibition of slavery in the territories, opposing separate schools for Black children, and advancing Free-Soil principles. Other pieces address constitutional interpretation, the relation between the Declaration and the Constitution, international sympathy for liberty, proposals for arbitration and disarmament, infrastructure and postal policy, pardoning power, and legal education. The selections combine rhetorical appeals, constitutional analysis, and practical policy proposals aimed at mobilizing public opinion and legislative action on abolition, civil equality, and national governance.