Charles Sumner (January 6, 1811 – March 11, 1874) was an American lawyer and statesman who represented Massachusetts in the United States Senate from 1851 until his death in 1874.

Charles Sumner 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 …

The inspiration for this clash came three days earlier when Senator Charles Sumner, a Massachusetts antislavery Republican, addressed the Senate on the explosive issue of …

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 served as a leading abolitionist in the U.S Senate, as well as a fierce advocate for civil rights. He was born and raised on the north slope of Beacon Hill, a racially diverse …

Sumner was a leading exponent of abolishing slavery to weaken the Confederacy. Although he kept on good terms with Abraham Lincoln, he was a leader of the hard-line Radical Republicans.

In 1837, Mr. Sumner set sail for Europe, with the highest reputation as a young lawyer of exalted talent, brilliant genius, and commanding eloquence, and bearing with him valuable letters of …

Upon his return in 1859, Sumner continued his opposition of slavery and in 1861 was the first to encourage emancipation. He was elected chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations …

Charles Sumner (1811-1874) was a lawyer and United States Senator who was a vocal abolitionist and civil rights advocate. He was born and lived most of his life on the North Slope …

Sumner left the Whigs and supported the Free-Soil Party in the Election of 1848. When the Free-Soilers and Democrats formed a coalition to control the Massachusetts legislature, Sumner …