Charles Sumner: his complete works, volume 07 (of 20)Sumner, Charles
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Charles Sumner: his complete works, volume 07 (of 20)
Sumner, Charles
Slavery -- United States; Speeches, addresses, etc., American
[9] A Short Narrative of the Horrid Massacre in Boston, perpetrated
in the Evening of the Fifth Day of March, 1770, by Soldiers of the
XXIXth Regiment, to which is added an Appendix containing the several
Depositions, etc., (Boston, 1770,) App., p. 56. Trial of William Wemms
and others, Soldiers in his Majesty’s 29th Regiment of Foot, for the
Murder of Crispus Attucks and others, (Boston, 1770,) pp. 110, 111.
[10] Records of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay, Vol.
III. p. 268, May 27, 1652.
[11] Records of the Colony of New Plymouth, Vol. VIII. p. 187, August,
1643.
For most of the foregoing particulars, see also Palfrey’s History of
New England, Vol. II. p. 30, note.
[12] Records of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay, Vol.
III. p. 84, November 4, 1646.
[13] Coll. Mass. Hist. Soc., 2d Ser., Vol. VIII. p. 184.
[14] Wells, Life of Samuel Adams, Vol. I. p. 138.
[15] Jackson’s History of Newton, p. 336. See, _ante_, Vol. II. pp.
289, 290.
[16] Wordsworth, Rob Roy’s Grave.
[17] Tom. II. p. 155.
[18] Collection of Papers on Political, Literary, and Moral Subjects,
by Noah Webster, pp. 325, 326.
[19] Letter to Stephen White, February 27, 1820: Life and Letters of
Joseph Story, by his Son, Vol. I. p. 362.
[20] See, _post_, p. 435, Remarks in the Senate, Dec. 10, 1860.
[21] _The Impending Crisis_, by H. R. Helper, containing a radical
arraignment of Slavery, was recommended by Members of Congress.
[22] Leyden, Scenes of Infancy, Part III.: Poetical Remains, pp. 373,
374.
[23] Essays: Of Plantations.
[24] Commentaries, Vol. I. p. 49.
[25] Ibid., p. 160.
[26] Works, (Oxford, 1825,) Vol. VI. p. 234.
[27] _Ante_, p. 251.
[28] Letter to A. O. P. Nicholson, December 24, 1847.
[29] Oration at Quincy, pp. 13, 14.
[30] Ibid., p. 18.
[31] Oration at Newburyport, p. 24.
[32] Ibid., pp. 26, 27.
[33] Annals of Congress, 7th Cong. 2d Sess., 613, 1353. At a later day
the tone of Mr. Randolph was different. See, _ante_, p. 298.
[34] Congressional Globe, 36th Cong. 1st Sess., p. 2073, May 11, 1860.
[35] Writings of Washington, ed. Sparks, Vol. VII., Appendix, p. 533.
[36] Speech at Chicago, July 10, 1858: Political Debates between
Lincoln and Douglas, p. 20.
[37] See Odyssey, tr. Pope, Book XIII. 180, 181.
[38] Debates in the Federal Convention, August 25, 1787: Madison
Papers, Vol. III. pp. 1429, 1430.
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