Charles Sumner

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Harvard_University
gptkbp:birthDate 1811-01-06
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Boston,_Massachusetts,_United_States
gptkbp:causeOfDeath heart attack
gptkbp:deathDate 1874-03-11
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Washington,_D.C.,_United_States
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Charles Sumner
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Civil_Rights_Movement
gptkb:Frederick_Douglass
gptkb:Thaddeus_Stevens
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:William_Ellery_Channing
gptkb:Horace_Mann
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1875
advocacy for racial equality
leadership in Radical Republican movement
opposition to the Mexican-American War
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:United_States_Senate
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:notableFor abolitionism
anti-slavery activism
being caned by Preston Brooks
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:lawyer
gptkb:public_speaker
politician
gptkbp:parent gptkb:Charles_Pinckney_Sumner
gptkb:Relief_Jacob_Sumner
gptkbp:party gptkb:Republican_Party
gptkb:Whig_Party
gptkb:Free_Soil_Party
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Daniel_Webster
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Unitarianism
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Boston,_Massachusetts,_United_States
gptkb:Washington,_D.C.,_United_States
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:Mount_Auburn_Cemetery
gptkbp:servedAs United States Senator from Massachusetts
gptkbp:signature Charles Sumner signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse never married
gptkbp:subjectOf gptkb:The_Caning_of_Charles_Sumner
biographies
statues and memorials
gptkbp:successor gptkb:William_B._Washburn
gptkbp:termEnd 1874
gptkbp:termStart 1851
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Beacon_Hill
gptkb:Boston_Latin_School
gptkb:Mount_Auburn_Cemetery
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4