Security and Reconciliation for the Future. Propositions and Arguments on the Reorganization of the Rebel States

by Charles Sumner (Creator)

Originally published in 1865. 16 pages. This volume is produced from digital images from the Cornell University Library Samuel J. May Anti-Slavery Collection

44 pages, Paperback

First published September 27, 2015

About the author

Charles Sumner was an American politician and senator from Massachusetts. As an academic lawyer and a powerful orator, Sumner was the leader of the antislavery forces in Massachusetts and a leader of the Radical Republicans in the United States Senate during the American Civil War working to destroy the Confederacy, free all the slaves, and keep on good terms with Europe. During Reconstruction, he fought to minimize the power of the ex-Confederates and guarantee equal rights to the freedmen.