FREEDOM NATIONAL: SLAVERY SECTIONAL - Mr. Sumner's Speech for the Repeal of the Fugitive Slave Bill

Freedom National: Slavery Sectional by Charles Sumner is about Charles Sumner and his experiences at a meeting of the Society of Friends. Excerpt: "MR. SUMNER: I hold in my hand, and desire to present, a memorial from the representatives of the Society of Friends in New England, formally adopted at a public meeting, and authenticated by their clerk, in which they ask for the repeal of the Fugitive Slave Bill. After setting forth their sentiments on the general subject of slavery, the memorialists proceed as follows…"