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Sumner, Hon. Charles. Defence of Massachusetts: Speeches of Hon. Charles Sumner, on the Boston
Memorial for the Repeal of the Fugitive Slave Bill, and in Reply to Messrs. Jones of Tennessee, Bulter of
South Carolina, and Mason of Virginia. Washington: Buell & Blanchard, 1854.
Call Number: Special Collections E 443.S924
Sumner, Hon. Charles. Ransom of Slaves at the National Capital. Washington, D.C.:
Congressional Globe Office, 1862.
Hon. Charles Sumner, a prominent abolitionist and statesman, shares his views on
slavery in Washington, D.C. in 1862.
Call Number: Special Collections E 445.D6 S9
Tappan, Mason. A Modern “Democracy,” the Ally of Slavery: Speech of Hon. M.W. Tappan, of
New Hampshire, in the House of Representatives, July 20, 1856. New York: s.n., 1856.
Call Number: Special Collections E 449.T19 1856
Tayloe, Benjamin Ogle. Bill of Sale. Document signed, Washington, D.C., Nov. 28, 1832.
This manuscript is evidence that slavery was practiced in Washington, D.C. and also
provides a glimpse of the freed slaves who bought their families out of bondage.
Call Number: Special Collections MS2135/001-0006#00090
Tayloe, Benjamin Ogle. Our Neighbors on La Fayette Square. Washington, D.C.: the League,
1982.
Benjamin Tayloe, a Washington, D.C. slave owner, offers his views on Washington.
Call Number: Special Collections E 340.T23 A33 1982
To the Honorable House of Representatives of the United States of America: the petition of the
undersigned citizens of …. S.1: s.n. 1835.
This circular strongly advises the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia.
Call Number: Special Collections E 445.D6 T6 1835
Tremain, Mary. Slavery in the District of Columbia; the Policy of Congress and the Struggle for
Abolition. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1892.
Based on Congressional sources, Mary Tremain’s history observes the debates on
slavery affecting issues from the selection of the Capitol’s location to the
emancipation of slaves.
Call Number: Special Collections E 445.D6 T7
United States Congress. Proceedings of the United States Senate, on the fugitive slave bill…
Washington: Press of T.R. Marvin, 1850.