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.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Radical Republican
United States senator
abolitionist
human
politician
advocatedFor black male suffrage
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 College
Harvard Law School
endTime 1874-03-11
familyName Sumner
fullName Charles Sumner
givenName Charles
knownFor advocacy of civil rights for African Americans
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
Republican Party (United States)
Whig Party
movement Radical Republicanism
abolitionism
nativeLanguage English
notableWork Eulogy on John Quincy Adams
The Crime Against Kansas speech
occupation lawyer
orator
statesman
opposed the Kansas–Nebraska Act
the expansion of slavery into U.S. territories
participantIn American Civil War (political leadership)
Reconstruction era politics
placeOfBirth Boston, Massachusetts, United States
placeOfDeath Washington, D.C., United States
positionHeld United States Senator from Massachusetts
religion Unitarianism
represented Massachusetts
spokeIn United States Senate
startTime 1851-04-24
workedOn Reconstruction policies
civil rights legislation


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