Known mainly as the abolitionist senator brutally caned within an inch of his life by slaveholder Preston Brooks on the Senate floor in 1856, Charles Sumner also played a pivotal role in advancing democracy and shaping the Constitution during Reconstruction, America's 'Second Founding.' During the Civil War, Sumner convinced Lincoln to emancipate the South's slaves; stopped England from joining the conflict; and created the Freedmen's Bureau.
After the war, Sumner transformed America by authoring the Fourteenth Amendment and thereby embedding his slogan - 'equality before the law' - into the Constitution. Sumner was a martyr-like senator who put principles above politics at every turn. In 'Charles Sumner', Zaakir Tameez shows how this overlooked luminary is one of the most significant figures in the history of civil rights, as well as a visionary progenitor of modern progressive politics.
| ISBN: | 9781250362575 |
| Publication date: | 20th July 2026 |
| Author: | Zaakir Tameez |
| Publisher: | Holt Paperbacks |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 656 pages |
| Genres: |
Civil wars |
Known mainly as the abolitionist senator brutally caned within an inch of his life by slaveholder Preston Brooks on the Senate floor in 1856, Charles Sumner also played a pivotal role in advancing democracy and shaping the Constitution during Reconstruction, America's 'Second Founding.' During the Civil War, Sumner convinced Lincoln to emancipate the South's slaves; stopped England from joining the conflict; and created the Freedmen's Bureau. After the war, Sumner transformed America by authoring the Fourteenth Amendment and thereby embedding his slogan - 'equality before the law' - into the Constitution.
Charles Sumner features in the following genres: Biography: historical, political and military, History of the Americas, History and Archaeology, Constitutional and administrative law: general
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Charles Sumner was written by Zaakir Tameez and published by Holt Paperbacks
Charles Sumner has 656 pages
£20.69, reduced from £22.99. In Stock.