Stephen Puleo’s biography offers a fresh glimpse into the Radical Republicans’ struggle against slavery and shines a light on ...

Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts made a name for himself as an advocate of liberal causes. His outspoken support of abolition and the rights of emancipated blacks, and his calls for ...

Puleo's book is a biography of Charles Sumner, a U.S. senator who was a prominent voice in the antislavery movement ahead of ...

Puleo's book is a biography of Charles Sumner, a Massachusetts lawyer and U.S. senator who was a prominent voice in the antislavery movement for two decades before the Civil War. William Martin ...