Charles Sumner Quotes

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From the beginning of our history the country has been afflicted with compromise. It is by compromis...

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No true and permanent Fame can be founded except in labors which promote the happiness of mankind.

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The age of chivalry has gone the age of humanity has come.

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Former United States Senator

Born: 1811-01-06

Died: 1874-03-11

Charles Sumner (January 6, 1811 – March 11, 1874) was an American politician and statesman from Massachusetts. An academic lawyer and a powerful orator, Sumner was the leader of the antislavery forces in Massachusetts and a leader of the Radical Republicans in the United States Senate during the American Civil War and Reconstruction, working to punish the ex-Confederates and guarantee equal rights to the Freedman.More

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Charles Sumner

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