Thomas Wentworth Higginson

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Civil War officer Unitarian minister abolitionist author biographer essayist human women’s rights advocate

Thomas Wentworth Higginson was a 19th-century American Unitarian minister, abolitionist, women’s rights advocate, and author who also served as a colonel of the first federally authorized Black regiment in the Civil War.

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Thomas Wentworth Higginson canonical 7

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instanceOf Civil War officer ⓘ
Unitarian minister ⓘ
abolitionist ⓘ
author ⓘ
biographer ⓘ
essayist ⓘ
human ⓘ
women’s rights advocate ⓘ
associatedWith Emily Dickinson ⓘ
birthDate 1823-12-22 ⓘ
birthPlace Cambridge, Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
commanded 1st South Carolina Volunteers (Union) ⓘ
United States Colored Troops ⓘ
surface form: First South Carolina Volunteers, later 33rd United States Colored Infantry Regiment
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 1911-05-09 ⓘ
deathPlace Cambridge, Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
educatedAt Harvard University ⓘ
surface form: Harvard College

Harvard Divinity School ⓘ
familyName Higginson ⓘ
fullName Thomas Wentworth Higginson self-link ⓘ
genre essays ⓘ
history ⓘ
nonfiction ⓘ
givenName Thomas ⓘ
knownFor advocacy of women’s rights ⓘ
commanding one of the first federally authorized Black regiments in the American Civil War ⓘ
correspondence with Emily Dickinson ⓘ
supporting abolitionism ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf American Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ
New England Woman Suffrage Association ⓘ
militaryBranch Union Army ⓘ
militaryRank colonel ⓘ
movement Transcendentalism ⓘ
abolitionism ⓘ
women’s suffrage movement ⓘ
notableWork Army Life in a Black Regiment ⓘ
Cheerful Yesterdays ⓘ
Out-door Papers ⓘ
Women and Men ⓘ
Young Folks’ History of the United States ⓘ
occupation clergyman ⓘ
soldier ⓘ
writer ⓘ
placeOfBurial Mount Auburn Cemetery ⓘ
religion Unitarianism ⓘ
spouse Mary Elizabeth Channing ⓘ
Mary Potter Thacher ⓘ

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American Woman Suffrage Association → foundedBy → Thomas Wentworth Higginson ⓘ
Wild nights—Wild nights! → editorOfFirstBookPublication → Thomas Wentworth Higginson ⓘ
Lavinia Norcross Dickinson → collaboratedWith → Thomas Wentworth Higginson ⓘ
New England literary culture → hasKeyFigure → Thomas Wentworth Higginson ⓘ
Thomas Wentworth Higginson → fullName → Thomas Wentworth Higginson self-link ⓘ
Annie Fields → friend → Thomas Wentworth Higginson ⓘ
Mabel Loomis Todd → coEditorWith → Thomas Wentworth Higginson ⓘ