Equality before the law protected by national statute : speeches of Hon. Chas. Sumner, of Massachusetts, on his supplementary civil rights bill, as an amendment to the civil rights bill : in the Senate, Jan. 15, 17 and 31, Feb. 5, and May 21, 1872..

Speeches and debates by and involving Sumner in the Senate as he proposed to amend the 1866 Civil Rights Act to ensure equal rights to African Americans in the South. Sumner discusses race, the separate but equal doctrine, slavery, and citizenship in making his points with southern Senators.
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