Charles Sumner: conscience of a nation

Introduction

Brahmin Outcast. A blemished famioly

Gawky Sumner

I am enamored of the law

Mad democratic tendencies

Sumner ought to have been a woman

He is outside the pale of society

From Pisgah to the promised land

The Slave Power. The Senate is a dirty house

Let the pulpits thunder against oppression

The slave oligarchy is mad

The first blow in a Civil War

Sumner takes a beating badly

The man speaks like a prophet

The War Power. This is the time that tries men's ouls

Slavery is the very goliath of the rebellion

Lincoln's bishop

I find the African ready to be our saviour

The prayer of one hundred thousand

I was always honest with Mr. Lincoln

The Republican Guarantee. A Magna Carta of democracy in America

Reading, writing, and snoring

The imperialism of the Declaration of Independence

Sumner's hospitality was perfect

Equality Before the Law. Grawnt

Law-givers are among the most God-like characters

The dignity of a Black people

The constitution is not mean, stingy, and pettifogging

You are the Jesus of the Negro race

I have a toothache in my heart

Epilogue

Notes

Image credits

Acknowledgments

Index.