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Book/Printed Material Powers of Congress to prohibit inequality, caste and oligarchy of the skin

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[ National American Woman Suffrage Association Collection copy ]

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Title

  • Powers of Congress to prohibit inequality, caste and oligarchy of the skin

Names

  • Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874
  • Shaw, Anna Howard, 1847-1919, former owner
  • Anthony, Susan B. (Susan Brownell), 1820-1906, inscriber
  • United States. Congress 1868-1869). Senate
  • Susan B. Anthony Collection (Library of Congress)
  • National American Woman Suffrage Association Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • Washington : F. & J. Rives & G.A. Bailey, 1869.

Headings

  • -  African Americans--Suffrage
  • -  Suffrage--United States

Notes

  • -  No. 32 in a collection of pamphlets lettered: Miscellaneous pamphlets, etc. Signed and annotated by Susan B. Anthony.
  • -  Inscribed: This is one of the speeches of Senator Sumner of which he said to me in 1870 when I asked him to decla[re pub]licly that the U. S. Constitution guaranteed to women the right to vote--“Take this & put 'sex' where I have 'color', and you will have the strongest argument [several works cropped] Susan B. Anthony.
  • -  LAC tnb 2019-07-31 no edits (1 card)
  • -  LAC knj 2022-07-07 no edits (1 card)
  • -  LAC knj 2022-07-25 update (1 card)

Medium

  • 8 p. ; 23 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • HQ1114 .M5 no. 32
  • JK1881 .N357 sec. I, no. 99, #1 Another copy. Imperfect: p. 7-8 wanting. LC copy is [no. 1] in a vol. with binder's title: Senator Sumner's 1869 and reports and hearings to 1902. Binding: inscribed by Susan B. Anthony. From the library of Anna H. Shaw. Includes tipped-in lining paper and typed table of contents. NAWSA bookplate. Gift of the National Woman Suffrage Association, Nov. 1, 1938.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 28018623

Online Format

  • online text
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  • pdf

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Credit Line: Library of Congress, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, National American Woman Suffrage Association Collection.

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Chicago citation style:

Sumner, Charles, Anna Howard Shaw, Susan B Anthony, United States Congress ). Senate, Susan B. Anthony Collection, and National American Woman Suffrage Association Collection. Powers of Congress to prohibit inequality, caste and oligarchy of the skin. Washington: F. & J. Rives & G.A. Bailey, 1869. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/28018623/.

APA citation style:

Sumner, C., Shaw, A. H., Anthony, S. B., United States Congress ). Senate, Susan B. Anthony Collection & National American Woman Suffrage Association Collection. (1869) Powers of Congress to prohibit inequality, caste and oligarchy of the skin. Washington: F. & J. Rives & G.A. Bailey. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/28018623/.

MLA citation style:

Sumner, Charles, et al. Powers of Congress to prohibit inequality, caste and oligarchy of the skin. Washington: F. & J. Rives & G.A. Bailey, 1869. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/28018623/>.