White Slavery in the Barbary States

by Charles Sumner

Overview

In WHITE SLAVERY IN THE BARBARY STATES, American abolitionist and politician Charles Sumner explores the history of Arab slave trade and the centuries-long period of slave raiding by Muslims against Christian Europeans and Americans.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940015850819
Publisher:	Halcyon Press Ltd.
Publication date:	11/16/2012
Series:	Halcyon Classics , #1
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	246 KB

About the Author

Charles Sumner (1811-1874) was an American abolitionist, Radical Republican, and Senator from Massachusetts. A lawyer and passionate opponent of slavery, Sumner served in the Senate for nearly twenty-five years, working to advance the abolitionist cause against slavery. He was nearly beaten to death on the floor of Senate in 1857 by congressman Preston Brooks, a nephew of a fellow senator mocked by Sumner. He recovered and was instrumental in formulating northern Reconstruction policy during and after the Civil War.