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Charles Sumner Charles Sumner was born January 6, 1811, in Boston, Massachusetts. Charles Sumner was an abolitionist against slavery. When Charles Sumner died in March 11, 1847 in Washington, D.C. Charles Sumner died a free man. Charles Sumner was married to Alice Mason Hooper on October 17, 1866; they divorced May 19, 1873. Charles Sumner graduated as a lawyer from Harvard University.

Charles Sumner was a politician; he was also the United States senator. Charles Sumner was held in office as senator April 24, 1851-march 11, 1874. Charles Sumner was against slavery, he never hurt a slave, and Charles Sumner was never a slave. Sumner was beaten unconscious in the Senate by an irate South Carolina congressman, Preston Brooks. Charles Sumner was a leader of the anti-slavery force in Massachusetts.

One of Charles famous quotes was “the age of chivalry has gone; the age of humanity has come. He wrote this quote because he wanted the equality during the American civil war period. Charles Sumner school museum and archives was one of the organizations that were named after Charles Sumner in the year of 1872. The Sumner School was built on the site of an earlier school constructed in 1866 under the auspices of the Freedmen's Bureau. Charles summer had an impact on us because he wanted us to show our actions.

I am proud of Charles Sumner because he wanted slavery to come to an end. Some interesting facts about Charles Sumner is Charles Sumner was a U.S. Senator from Massachusetts (1851-74) who was active before and after the Civil War in the movement to abolish slavery and give equal rights to black Americans. In 1856 Sumner read a hot-tempered speech, "The Crime against Kansas," in which he condemned his opponents on the issue, including South Carolina's Senator Andrew P. Butler. Two days later Preston Brooks, Butler's nephew and a Congressman from South Carolina, entered the Senate chamber and beat Sumner unconscious with a cane. Brooks was a hero to his constituents and was re-elected; Sumner, who took three years to recover from the beating, was a martyr to his constituents and was re-elected. media type="custom" key="9049452" align="center"