Charles Sumner

GPTKB entity

Statements (123)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Politician
gptkb:lawyer
gptkb:oppression
gptkbp:advocated_for gptkb:education_reform
Education reform
Women's suffrage
Women's Suffrage
civil rights
universal suffrage
Equal rights for African Americans
Equal Rights for African Americans
gptkbp:advocates_for the 14th Amendment
gptkbp:alma_mater gptkb:Harvard_Law_School
gptkb:Harvard_University
gptkbp:associated_with gptkb:Frederick_Douglass
gptkb:Abraham_Lincoln
gptkb:Radical_Republicans
gptkb:Thaddeus_Stevens
gptkbp:awards Honorary degree from Harvard University
gptkbp:birth_date 1811-01-06
January 6, 1811
gptkbp:birth_place gptkb:Boston,_Massachusetts
gptkbp:born January 6, 1811
gptkbp:born_in gptkb:Boston,_Massachusetts
gptkbp:burial_place gptkb:Mount_Auburn_Cemetery
gptkbp:character_voice the Kansas-Nebraska Act
gptkbp:child gptkb:Charles_Sumner_Jr.
gptkb:William_Sumner
George Sumner
gptkbp:committee gptkb:Massachusetts
gptkbp:contributed_to gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1866
gptkb:13th_Amendment
gptkb:14th_Amendment
gptkb:15th_Amendment
gptkbp:death_date 1874-03-11
March 11, 1874
gptkbp:death_place gptkb:Washington,_D._C.
gptkbp:degree_programs gptkb:Harvard_Law_School
gptkbp:died March 11, 1874
gptkbp:education gptkb:Harvard_University
gptkbp:election Senator of Massachusetts
gptkbp:famous_quote " Freedom is the only law."
" The law is not a mere matter of opinion."
" I am for the Union, and I am for the Constitution."
gptkbp:fought_against Anti-imperialism
Labor rights
Civil Rights
gptkbp:has_role Senate debates on Reconstruction
Senate debates on civil rights
Senate debates on slavery
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Charles Sumner
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Civil_Rights_Movement
gptkb:Thaddeus_Stevens
Progressive Era reforms
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:William_Lloyd_Garrison
gptkb:Frederick_Douglass
gptkbp:is_a_member_of gptkb:Massachusetts_State_Senate
gptkb:the_United_States_Senate
gptkbp:is_a_supporter_of the Reconstruction efforts
gptkbp:is_criticized_for the Dred Scott decision
gptkbp:is_opposed_by gptkb:Dred_Scott_decision
gptkb:Kansas-Nebraska_Act
gptkb:Compromise_of_1850
gptkbp:is_targeted_at gptkb:Preston_Brooks
1856
gptkbp:known_for gptkb:Sumner's_Speech_on_the_Crime_Against_Kansas
Senate speeches
Advocacy for abolition of slavery
anti-slavery activism
Opposition to the Mexican-American War
gptkbp:leadership the abolitionist movement
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:notable_figures gptkb:the_Republican_Party
gptkbp:notable_for Abolitionism
Civil Rights Advocacy
gptkbp:notable_work The Crime Against Kansas
The True Grandeur of Nations
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:lawyer
gptkb:Senate
gptkbp:office gptkb:U._S._Senator
gptkbp:party gptkb:Democratic_Party
gptkb:Free_Soil_Party
gptkbp:political_party gptkb:Republican_Party
gptkbp:position_held Senator from Massachusetts
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Daniel_Webster
gptkbp:related_to gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkb:Reconstruction_Era
gptkb:Senate_Caning_Incident
gptkbp:resigned Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
gptkbp:signature Charles Sumner's signature
Charles Sumner's Signature
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Mary_Elizabeth_Houghton
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Henry_Wilson
gptkbp:suffered_injuries_from the caning
gptkbp:supported gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1866
gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1875
gptkb:Freedmen's_Bureau
Reconstruction efforts
gptkbp:term_end 1874
gptkbp:term_start 1851
gptkbp:was_a gptkb:social_reform
gptkb:Author
gptkb:orcas
leading abolitionist
radical Republican
gptkbp:was_a_key_figure_in the anti-slavery movement
gptkbp:was_a_prominent_abolitionist in the 19th century
gptkbp:was_a_proponent_of equal rights for all citizens
gptkbp:was_involved_in the fight for racial equality
gptkbp:was_known_for his oratory skills
gptkbp:was_re-elected_after his recovery from the caning
gptkbp:wrote gptkb:The_Constitution_of_the_United_States
gptkb:The_Anti-Slavery_Movement
gptkb:The_Great_American_Conflict
The Crime Against Kansas
The American Conflict
The Reconstruction Era
The True Grandeur of Nations
The War for the Union
The War of the Rebellion
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Abraham_Lincoln
gptkb:Republican_Party
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3