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Charles Sumner (* 6. Januar 1811 in Boston, Massachusetts; † 11. März 1874 in Washington, D.C.) war ein amerikanischer Politiker. Er war Senator von Massachusetts. Inhaltsverzeichnis. 1 Leben. 2 Posthume Ehrungen. 3 Literatur. 4 Weblinks. Leben.
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Charles Allen Sumner (* 2. August 1835 in Great Barrington,...
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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 (born Jan. 6, 1811, Boston—died March 11, 1874, Washington, D.C.) 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 ...
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Date of Birth - Death January 6, 1811 – March 11, 1874. Famous for his scathing criticism of the Kansas-Nebraska Act that provoked an attack upon himself in the Senate Chamber, Charles Sumner was a prominent voice of the anti-slavery North.
Charles Sumner (January 6, 1811 – March 11, 1874) was an American politician, and lawyer. He was senator from Massachusetts from April 24, 1851 until his death. Career [ change | change source] Sumner was the leader of the antislavery forces in Massachusetts.
The caning of Charles Sumner, or the Brooks–Sumner Affair, occurred on May 22, 1856, in the United States Senate chamber, when Representative Preston Brooks, a pro-slavery Democrat from South Carolina, used a walking cane to attack Senator Charles Sumner, an abolitionist Republican from Massachusetts. The attack was in retaliation ...
