Charles Sumner- Aliya
The antislavery leader
Personal background
- Name Charles Sumner
- Birth Day/ place January 6, 1811 Boston Massachusetts, United
- Family Relief Jacob (his mom), Charles Pinokney Sumner (his dad), Alice Mason Hooper (she was Charles's wife but she left him)
- Education Harvard Law School
- Early careers He joined the Free Soil Party
- Death He died March 11, 1874, in Washington D.C. He died of a heart attack at his house. He died at age 63
Contributions To Society
- Area of contributions He helped found the Republican Party.
- Politics, business, military, etc. He was a famous statesman and antislavery leader in the United States.
- Most significant accomplishment He authored the Nation's first Civil Rights legislation.
- Charity work He regularly pressed President Abraham Lincoln to sponsor legislation to free the slaves, grant them civil rights, and enlist them in the Union Army.
Legacy
- How have they impacted the world He was probably the one individual most responsible for the Emacipation Proclamation.
- Why will they be remembered He was the leader of the anti-slavery forces in Massachusetts and a leader of the Republicans in the U.S. Senate during the American Civil War working to destroy the Confederacy, free all of the slaves, and keep on good terms with Europe.
A quote from Charles Sumner.
Charles Sumner as a teenager.
Charles Sumner as an adult.