Alfred H. Stone Collection
Volume: 73

35. Charles Sumner, Indemnity for the Past and Security for the Future. Speech of Hon. Charles Sumner, of Massachusetts, on His Bill for the Confiscation of Property and the Liberation of Slaves Belonging to Rebels. In the Senate of the United States, May 19, 1862 ([Washington, DC?]: n.p., [1862?]). (16 p.)

Speech urging passage of the Second Confiscation Act, which eventually became law on July 17, 1862.