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Charles Sumner starb am 11. März 1874 in Washington an einem Herzinfarkt. Er wurde in der Rotunde des United States Capitol aufgebahrt. Er ist auf dem Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts, beigesetzt worden.
Charles Sumner (January 6, 1811 – March 11, 1874) was an American lawyer, politician, and statesman who represented Massachusetts in the United States Senate from 1851 until his death in 1874. Before and during the American Civil War, he was a leading American advocate for the abolition of slavery.
10. Apr. 2024 · Charles Sumner was a U.S. statesman of the American Civil War period dedicated to human equality and to the abolition of slavery. A graduate of Harvard Law School (1833), Sumner crusaded for many causes, including prison reform, world peace, and Horace Mann’s educational reforms. It was in his long.
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Learn about Charles Sumner, a prominent anti-slavery senator who opposed the Kansas-Nebraska Act and the Confederacy. Find out how he was beaten by a southern congressman, how he handled the Trent Affair, and how he advocated for radical Reconstruction.
24. Okt. 2022 · Via Farrar, Straus and Giroux. By Timothy Shenk. October 24, 2022. Charles Sumner had opposed slavery as far back as he could remember. His father, an egalitarian in the tradition of Thomas Paine, visited Haiti during its revolutionary struggle for independence and came away impressed by the nascent Black republic.
16. Jan. 2023 · Learn about the life and legacy of Charles Sumner, a prominent abolitionist and civil rights advocate in the U.S Senate. He fought against slavery, segregation, and imperialism, and helped pass the 13th Amendment and the Civil Rights Act.
Charles Sumner: A Featured Biography. As Massachusetts senator Charles Sumner sat writing at his desk in the Senate Chamber on May 22, 1856, he was brutally assaulted by Representative Preston Brooks of South Carolina.
