Charles Sumner: His Complete Works, Volume 18, published in 1875, is a collection of political speeches and writings by U.S. Senator Charles Sumner, focusing on civil rights and social justice during the post-Civil War Reconstruction era. This volume includes Sumner's oratory addressing critical issues such as the admission of Mississippi into Congress, the first African American senator, and the ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment. Notable for advocating equality and justice, Sumner emphasizes the necessity of a uniform national law to protect human rights against state-level injustices, challenging the prevailing social and political norms of his time.
