The Crime Against Kansas speech

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The Crime Against Kansas speech was an 1856 anti-slavery address by U.S. Senator Charles Sumner that fiercely condemned the Kansas–Nebraska Act and pro-slavery forces, helping to intensify sectional tensions before the American Civil War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Senate speech ⓘ
anti-slavery speech ⓘ
political speech ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Bleeding Kansas ⓘ
associatedWithPerson Andrew Butler ⓘ
Preston Brooks ⓘ
Stephen A. Douglas ⓘ
author Charles Sumner ⓘ
causeOf Preston Brooks’s attack on Charles Sumner ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
criticized Andrew Butler ⓘ
Kansas–Nebraska Act ⓘ
Slave Power ⓘ
Stephen A. Douglas ⓘ
date 1856-05-19 ⓘ
1856-05-20 ⓘ
described actions of pro-slavery forces in Kansas ⓘ
violence in Kansas Territory ⓘ
endDate 1856-05-20 ⓘ
followedBy Caning of Charles Sumner ⓘ
genre oratory ⓘ
historicalPeriod Bleeding Kansas ⓘ
pre–American Civil War era ⓘ
impact contributed to rising sectionalism in the United States ⓘ
galvanized Northern anti-slavery opinion ⓘ
helped build support for the Republican Party ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legislativeBody United States Senate ⓘ
location United States Senate ⓘ
Washington, D.C. ⓘ
mainSubject Bleeding Kansas ⓘ
Kansas–Nebraska Act ⓘ
popular sovereignty ⓘ
slavery in the United States ⓘ
notableFor fierce denunciation of slavery ⓘ
intensifying sectional tensions between North and South ⓘ
provoking the caning of Charles Sumner ⓘ
politicalAlignment Republican Party ⓘ
anti-slavery ⓘ
positionTaken opposition to slavery ⓘ
opposition to the Kansas–Nebraska Act ⓘ
support for free-state settlers in Kansas ⓘ
publicationDate 1856 ⓘ
setting debate over slavery in U.S. territories ⓘ
speaker Charles Sumner ⓘ
startDate 1856-05-19 ⓘ
theme defense of free labor ideology ⓘ
moral condemnation of slavery ⓘ
year 1856 ⓘ

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Charles Sumner → notableWork → The Crime Against Kansas speech ⓘ
Caning of Charles Sumner → cause → Sumner's anti-slavery speech "The Crime Against Kansas" ⓘ
linked to: The Crime Against Kansas speech
Caning of Charles Sumner → relatedTo → The Crime Against Kansas (speech) ⓘ
linked to: The Crime Against Kansas speech
Andrew P. Butler → wasTargetOf → Charles Sumner's speech "The Crime Against Kansas" ⓘ
linked to: The Crime Against Kansas speech