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03308aam a22003978i 4500 001 870209D2C4BD11EEB847D6DA21ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240206010118 008 231205s2024 nyu b 001 0beng 010 $a 2023056198 020 $a 1250276276 020 $a 9781250276278 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d DLC $d SILO 050 00 $a E415.9.S9 $b P95 2024 082 00 $2 23/eng/20231214 100 1 $a Puleo, Stephen, $e author. $9 193046 245 14 $a THE GREAT ABOLITIONIST : $b CHARLES SUMNER AND THE FIGHT FOR A MORE PERFECT UNION / $c Stephen Puleo. 246 30 $a Charles Sumner and the fight for a more perfect union 250 $a First edition. 263 $a 2404 264 1 $a New York : $b St. Martin's Press, $c 2024. 300 $a pages cm 500 $a 2024/04/23 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a "Equality Before the Law" -- Unstoppable Peril -- A Nation Split Asunder -- Death of Slavery, Death of a Rebellion, Death of a President -- "For All Everywhere Who Suffer from Tyranny and Wrong." 520 $a "The groundbreaking biography of a forgotten civil rights hero. In the tempestuous mid-19th century, as slavery consumed Congressional debate and America careened toward civil war and split apart--when the very future of the nation hung in the balance--Charles Sumner's voice rang strongest, bravest, and most unwavering. Where others preached compromise and moderation, he denounced slavery's evils to all who would listen and demanded that it be wiped out of existence. More than any other person of his era,he blazed the trail on the country's long, uneven, and ongoing journey toward realizing its full promise to become a more perfect union. Before and during the Civil War, at great personal sacrifice, Sumner was the conscience of the North and the most influential politician fighting for abolition. Throughout Reconstruction, no one championed the rights of emancipated people more than he did. Through the force of his words and his will, he moved America toward the twin goals of abolitionism and equal rights, which he fought for literally until the day he died. He laid the cornerstone arguments that civil rights advocates would build upon over the next century as the country strove to achieve equality among the races. The Great Abolitionist is the first major biography of Charles Sumner to be published in over 50 years. Acclaimed historian Stephen Puleo relates the story of one of the most influential non-presidents in American history with evocative and accessible prose, transporting readers back to an erawhen our leaders exhibited true courage and authenticity in the face of unprecedented challenges"-- $c Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a Sumner, Charles, $d 1811-1874. $9 14826 650 0 $a Abolitionists $z United States $v Biography. $9 80424 650 0 $a Legislators $z United States $v Biography. $9 80845 610 10 $a United States. $b Senate $b Senate $v Biography. 650 0 $a Antislavery movements $z United States $x History $y 19th century. $9 90605 651 0 $a United States $x Politics and government $y 1845-1861. $9 106363 941 $a 2 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20240604014900.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20240206010459.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=870209D2C4BD11EEB847D6DA21ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search