Framed Speech and Signature of Senator Charles Sumner (MIS1321)

Framed speech titled "The Barbarism of Slavery" given by Senator Sumner in 1860 regarding Kansas being admitted as a Free State. Senator Sumner was beaten in the Senate chamber by Representative Preston Brooks of South Carolina in 1856 regarding his remarks on the speech denouncing "The Crime Against Kansas". Has a engraving, and signature of Charles Sumner.