Massachusetts senator Charles Sumner’s lifelong devotion to equal rights was akin to “digging a deep well with nothing more than a spoon... yet he never stopped digging,” according to this rousing ...

On May 19, 1864, President Lincoln wrote Senator Charles Sumner to propose legislation guaranteeing the widows and children ...

THE GREAT ABOLITIONIST: Charles Sumner and the Fight for a More Perfect Union. By Stephen Puleo. St. Martin’s Press. 464 pages. $32. When Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts died in Washington, ...

In this lithograph by J.L. Magee, South Carolina Rep. Preston Brooks beats abolitionist Massachusetts Sen. Charles Sumner in the Senate chamber, 1856. In Charles Sumner: Conscience of a Nation, the ...

Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts made a name for himself as an advocate of liberal causes. His outspoken support of abolition and the rights of emancipated blacks, and his calls for punishment ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. South Carolina Rep. Preston Brooks attacks Massachusetts Sen. Charles Sumner in the U.S. Senate chambers on May 22, 1856. South ...

Prince Williams ’25 is a History Concentrator in Adams House. Every first-year student at Harvard swipes their ID at Annenberg dining hall and walks past a portrait of Charles Sumner. After graduating ...

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Charles Sumner’s unswerving commitment to racial justice was the defining feature of his legislative career. First ...