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Charles Sumner (January 6 1811 – March 11 1874) was an American politician and senator from Massachusetts. An academic lawyer and a powerful orator Sumner was the leader of the antislavery forces in Massachusetts and a leader of the Radical Republicans in the United States Senate during the American Civil War working to destroy the Confederacy free all the slaves and keep on good terms with Europe.

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birth date
1811-01-06
birth place
Boston, Massachusetts
death date
1874-03-11
death place
Washington D.C.
party
Republican Party (United States), Democratic Party (United States), Free Soil Party
profession
Politician

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