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Zaakir Tameez

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How Charles Sumner Convinced Abraham Lincoln and the Union To Take a Stand Against Slavery

The domestic and international dynamics of the early days of the Civil War.

by Zaakir Tameez via Literary Hub on June 11, 2025
What We Can Learn From the Senator Who Nearly Died for Democracy

The brutal caning of Sen. Charles Sumner in 1856 shows the difference between courage and concession.

by Zaakir Tameez via Washington Post
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on June 1, 2025

Charles Sumner: Conscience of a Nation

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Preston Brooks raises his cane to strike Charles Sumner on the Senate floor.

The Vicious Beating That Reshaped America

Two books about the 1856 caning of a senator show how words can incite violence—and also help defeat it.

by Rob Wolfe via The Atlantic on June 5, 2026

Charles Sumner

The Senator Will Not Yield

Charles Sumner's example reminds us that "with enough courage and drive, can alter the trajectory of American racial history."

by H. W. Brands via The Washington Free Beacon on August 10, 2025

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