Charles Sumner
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Charles Sumner was a leading Radical Republican senator and fervent abolitionist who championed civil rights and harsh Reconstruction policies toward the former Confederate states after the American Civil War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Charles Sumner canonical | 34 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T70396 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Charles Sumner Context triple: [Reconstruction era, significantFigure, Charles Sumner]
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Thaddeus Stevens
Thaddeus Stevens was a powerful Radical Republican congressman and abolitionist who led efforts in the U.S. House to end slavery and impose strict Reconstruction policies on the former Confederate states.
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Lyman Trumbull
Lyman Trumbull was a 19th-century American politician and U.S. senator from Illinois who played a key role in the abolition of slavery and the shaping of Reconstruction-era legislation.
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C.
Henry T. Rainey
Henry T. Rainey was an American Democratic politician who served as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives during the early New Deal era under President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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D.
John Taylor Johnston
John Taylor Johnston was a 19th-century American businessman and arts patron who served as the first president of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and played a key role in its early development.
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E.
Charles Adams
Charles Adams was an American lawyer and the second son of U.S. President John Adams and Abigail Adams, known largely through his association with the prominent Adams political family.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Charles Sumner Target entity description: Charles Sumner was a leading Radical Republican senator and fervent abolitionist who championed civil rights and harsh Reconstruction policies toward the former Confederate states after the American Civil War.
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A.
Thaddeus Stevens
Thaddeus Stevens was a powerful Radical Republican congressman and abolitionist who led efforts in the U.S. House to end slavery and impose strict Reconstruction policies on the former Confederate states.
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B.
Lyman Trumbull
Lyman Trumbull was a 19th-century American politician and U.S. senator from Illinois who played a key role in the abolition of slavery and the shaping of Reconstruction-era legislation.
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C.
Henry T. Rainey
Henry T. Rainey was an American Democratic politician who served as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives during the early New Deal era under President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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D.
John Taylor Johnston
John Taylor Johnston was a 19th-century American businessman and arts patron who served as the first president of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and played a key role in its early development.
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E.
Charles Adams
Charles Adams was an American lawyer and the second son of U.S. President John Adams and Abigail Adams, known largely through his association with the prominent Adams political family.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Radical Republican
ⓘ
United States senator ⓘ abolitionist ⓘ human ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| advocatedFor |
black male suffrage
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desegregation of public facilities ⓘ racial equality ⓘ |
| buriedAt | Mount Auburn Cemetery ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | heart attack ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1811-01-06 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1874-03-11 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Boston Latin School
ⓘ
Harvard University ⓘ
surface form:
Harvard College
Harvard Law School ⓘ |
| endTime | 1874-03-11 ⓘ |
| familyName | Sumner ⓘ |
| fullName | Charles Sumner self-link ⓘ |
| givenName | Charles ⓘ |
| knownFor |
advocacy of civil rights for African Americans
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being caned by Representative Preston Brooks on the Senate floor ⓘ opposition to slavery ⓘ support for harsh Reconstruction policies toward former Confederate states ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty |
Free Soil Party
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Republican Party ⓘ
surface form:
Republican Party (United States)
Whig Party ⓘ |
| movement |
Radical Republicanism
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abolitionism ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | English ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Eulogy on John Quincy Adams
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The Crime Against Kansas speech ⓘ |
| occupation |
lawyer
ⓘ
orator ⓘ statesman ⓘ |
| opposed |
Kansas–Nebraska Act
ⓘ
surface form:
the Kansas–Nebraska Act
the expansion of slavery into U.S. territories ⓘ |
| participantIn |
American Civil War
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surface form:
American Civil War (political leadership)
Reconstruction era politics ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Boston, Massachusetts
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surface form:
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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| placeOfDeath |
Washington, D.C.
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surface form:
Washington, D.C., United States
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| positionHeld | United States Senator from Massachusetts ⓘ |
| religion | Unitarianism ⓘ |
| represented | Massachusetts ⓘ |
| spokeIn | United States Senate ⓘ |
| startTime | 1851-04-24 ⓘ |
| workedOn |
Reconstruction policies
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civil rights legislation ⓘ |
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Subject: Charles Sumner Description of subject: Charles Sumner was a leading Radical Republican senator and fervent abolitionist who championed civil rights and harsh Reconstruction policies toward the former Confederate states after the American Civil War.
Referenced by (34)
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