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5 de jul. de 2024 · Charles Sumner, best recalled for being caned nearly to death on the U.S. Senate floor in 1856 for an anti-slavery speech, was maybe America’s most important anti-slavery crusader after Lincoln. But more than anti-slavery, Sumner adamantly and, unusually for his time, advocated for human equality irrespective of race.
27 de jun. de 2024 · May 4, 2020By Senate Historical OfficeSubscribeSenator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts is best remembered for his role in a dramatic and infamous event in Senate history—what has become known as the “Caning of Sumner.” Just days earlier, Sumner had delivered a fiery speech entitled “The Crime Agains...
Hace 4 días · Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner CBE (born 2 October 1951), known as Sting, is an English musician, activist and actor. He was the frontman, principal songwriter and bassist for new wave band the Police from 1977 until their breakup in 1986.
23 de jun. de 2024 · This Week on History Happy Hour: In the mid 19th Century, as America careened toward Civil War, Senator Charles Sumner was the conscience of the North. He denounced slavery’s evils to all who would listen and demanded that it be wiped out of existence.
23 de jun. de 2024 · This week on History Happy Hour: In the mid 19th Century, as America careened toward Civil War, Senator Charles Sumner was the conscience of the North.
27 de jun. de 2024 · Social Darwinism is a theory developed in the 19th century that human groups and races are subject to the same laws of natural selection as Charles Darwin perceived in plants and animals in nature.
Hace 4 días · During the war, Northern Whigs became increasingly split between "Conscience Whigs" like Charles Sumner, who strongly favored anti-slavery policies, and "Cotton Whigs" like Webster, who emphasized good relations with Southern leaders.
