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  1. Hace 15 horas · The Great Abolitionist: Charles Sumner and the Fight for a More Perfect Union. By Stephen Puleo. New York, NY: St. Martin’s Press, 2024. Hardcover, 464 pp. $32.00. Reviewed by Tim Talbott Over fifty years after the second of David Herbert Donald’s two-volume biography of Massachusetts senator and abolitionist Charles Sumner rolled off the presses, a […]

  2. 22 de may. de 2024 · Massachusetts Sen. Charles Sumner risked his life for the sake of Kansans’ freedom. On May 22, 1856 — 168 years ago — he suffered a beating at the hands of unhinged South Carolina Rep. Preston Brooks. Sumner had just delivered a fiery speech about the evils of slavery and its supporters in the chamber. Its title? “The Crime ...

  3. Hace 4 días · Charles Sumner, a pioneering American abolitionist, was brutally attacked on the Senate floor in 1856 for his impassioned anti-slavery speech. A new biography, "The Great Abolitionist," sheds light on Sumner's remarkable life and legacy in the fight for civil rights.

  4. Hace 6 días · May 24, 2024. ... Charles Sumner was an outspoken abolitionist, American lawyer, politician, and statesman who represented Massachusetts in the United States Senate.

  5. 23 de may. de 2024 · But if you’ve heard of Charles Sumner, then it’s probably because you’re familiar with his infamous caning 168 years ago last week. He might have remained a footnote in the run-up to the Civil War for me if not for Stephen Puleo’s virtual presentation for the Mark Twain House entitled “ The Great Abolitionist: Charles Sumner and the Fight for a More Perfect Union.”

  6. 22 de may. de 2024 · Massachusetts Sen. Charles Sumner risked his life for the sake of Kansans’ freedom. On May 22, 1856 — 168 years ago — he suffered a beating at the hands of unhinged South Carolina Rep. Preston...

  7. 22 de may. de 2024 · Massachusetts Sen. Charles Sumner risked his life for the sake of Kansans’ freedom. On May 22, 1856 — 168 years ago — he suffered a beating at the hands of unhinged South Carolina Rep. Preston Brooks. Sumner had just delivered a fiery speech about the evils of slavery and its supporters in the chamber. Its title? “The Crime ...