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12 de abr. de 2024 · 12 Apr 2024, 11:17 am. The Great Abolitionist: Charles Sumner and the Fight for a More Perfect Union. by Stephen Puleo (MacMillan, 464 pp., $32) C harles Sumner is often remembered as the senator who was viciously caned–and beaten unconscious–on the floor of the U.S. Senate for his anti-slavery views in the years leading up to ...
23 de abr. de 2024 · 4.58. 19 ratings13 reviews. The groundbreaking biography of a forgotten civil rights hero. In the tempestuous mid-19th century, as slavery consumed Congressional debate and America careened toward civil war and split apart–when the very future of the nation hung in the balance–Charles Sumner’s voice rang strongest, bravest, and ...
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Hace 20 horas · From Senate.gov: “A sympathetic northern cartoonist portrayed Senator Charles Sumner's May 1856 beating by South Carolina Representative Preston Brooks.” (Image Source: Senate.gov) Bleeding profusely, Sumner was carried away. Brooks walked calmly out of the chamber without being detained by the stunned onlookers.
19 de abr. de 2024 · By primarily focusing on the works of Massachusetts Senator Charles Sumner—the chief purveyor of anti-slavery classical thought—this Article challenges Hartzian interpretations of Reconstruction as a solely liberal triumph.
23 de abr. de 2024 · The Great Abolitionist is the first major biography of Charles Sumner to be published in over 50 years. Acclaimed historian Stephen Puleo relates the story of one of the most influential political figures in American history with evocative and accessible prose, transporting readers back to an era when our leaders exhibited true ...
23 de abr. de 2024 · Boston-based historian and teacher Puleo, author of Voyage of Mercy and American Treasures, presents the first serious treatment in over 50 years of Charles Sumner (1811-1874), one of America’s most influential abolitionists and legislators, now vaguely remembered from textbook images as cowering on the Senate floor when he was ...
23 de abr. de 2024 · Boston-based historian and teacher Puleo, author of Voyage of Mercy and American Treasures, presents the first serious treatment in over 50 years of Charles Sumner (1811-1874), one of America’s most influential abolitionists and legislators, now vaguely remembered from textbook images as cowering on the Senate floor when he was ...
