Charles Sumner, Vol. 14: His Complete Works (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Charles Sumner

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0267459548 ISBN 13: 9780267459544

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

In Charles Sumner, Vol. 14: His Complete Works, you pull back the curtain on a pivotal era in American history.

This volume collects Sumner’s speeches, remarks, and writings from the mid-1860s, offering insight into Reconstruction, civil rights, and the battles over power between Congress and the presidency. The pieces reveal a chief senator’s approach to shaping policy in a nation rebuilding after war and upheaval.

• Explore debates on who should hold political power in the former Confederacy and how to secure rights for the newly freed.
• Read arguments for irrepealable guaranties to protect the national creditor and the freedman, and for careful, principled policymaking.
• See how Sumner weighs legislative strategy, constitutional questions, and the pace of national reform.
• Get a window into the rhetoric and logic used in Senate debates about Reconstruction, suffrage, and federal authority.

Ideal for readers of American history, constitutional debates, and political thought from the Civil War to Reconstruction, this edition provides a clear view of Sumner’s influence and the era’s constitutional questions.

Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0267459548
• ISBN 13: 9780267459544
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 386