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1 day ago · Mark Tooley on July 5, 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.
3 days ago · Charles Sumner, a senator from Massachusetts and firm abolitionist during the Civil War era, famously believed that true emancipation could never be achieved unless all citizens were granted equal and indiscriminate access to public places and accommodations, government resources and opportunities.
5 days ago · The Kansas-Nebraska Act explicitly repealed the Missouri Compromise of 1820, which had prohibited slavery north of latitude 36°30´ in the lands acquired from France in the Louisiana Purchase (except for Missouri).
3 days ago · Pulitzer Prize, any of a series of annual prizes awarded by Columbia University, New York City, for outstanding public service and achievement in American journalism, letters, and music. The prizes are highly esteemed and have been awarded each May since 1917.
1 day ago · On May 19 Massachusetts Senator Charles Sumner gave a long speech in the Senate entitled "The Crime Against Kansas", which condemned the Slave Power as the evil force behind the nation's troubles. Sumner said the Southerners had committed a "crime against Kansas", singling out Senator Andrew P. Butler of South Carolina.
17 hours ago · The second is the Maine State Building, designed by Charles Sumner Frost, which was purchased by the Ricker family of Poland Spring, Maine. They moved the building to their resort to serve as a library and art gallery. The Poland Spring Preservation Society now owns the building, which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
5 days ago · Crestwood, Kentucky - Charles Ryan (Chuck) Sumner, 43, of Crestwood, KY and husband of Allison Griffitts Sumner passed away on June 26, 2024. Chuck was born March 27, 1981 in Lexington, KY.
