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Charles Sumner: Conscience of a Nation by Zaakir Tameez

Charles Sumner: Conscience of a Nation by Zaakir Tameez

Update: 2025-11-04
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Dive into Charles Sumner’s life and legacy, from his abolitionist roots in Boston to the “Crime Against Kansas” speech and the caning by Preston Brooks that galvanized the North. You hear how Sumner’s constitutional arguments shaped Republican thought, echoed in phrases like “freedom national, slavery sectional,” and how his ideas later surfaced in the Brown v. Board fight.

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Charles Sumner: Conscience of a Nation by Zaakir Tameez

Charles Sumner: Conscience of a Nation by Zaakir Tameez