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The Civil War: Remembering Charles Sumner
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June 19, 2011
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1:56Now PlayingSenator Charles Sumner was a political figure from Massachusetts who became a prominent abolitionist and supporter of human rights.
Despite having served in the Senate for twenty-three years, he is remembered today by the beating he suffered at the hands of Representative Preston Brooks on the Senate floor in 1856. The Massachusetts Historical Society presented a program based on letters from Sumner at various stages in his life.
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