Booknotes+ Podcast: Stephen Puleo, "The Great Abolitionist"

C-SPAN
C-SPAN
18,634
0
Published 2024-04-02
Charles Sumner of Massachusetts was a United States Senator for 23 years. He lived to be 63, from January of 1811 to March of 1874. Stephen Puleo has written the first major, full biography of Sumner since 1960. It's titled "The Great Abolitionist: Charles Sumner and the Fight for a More Perfect Union." Mr. Puleo writes: "His positions cost him dearly. Southerners despised him, sometimes feared him, and celebrated gleefully when Sumner was beaten unconscious in the Senate chamber in May of 1856." Stephen Puleo first published the full story of the caning of Charles Sumner in 2012.



Download the FREE C-SPAN Now App. www.c-span.org/c-spanNow/

Discover the C-SPAN Video Library at www.c-span.org/quickguide/

Explore C-SPAN's Free Educational Resources at www.c-span.org/classroom/

C-SPAN: Created by Cable in 1979. Offered as a public service.

Support C-SPAN by Donating Today: donorbox.org/support-c-span?utm_source=YouTube&utm…

Subscribe to our YouTube channel: youtube.com/user/CSPAN

Follow us:
Facebook: www.facebook.com/CSPAN
Twitter: twitter.com/cspan
Instagram: www.instagram.com/cspan/

Subscribe:
C-SPAN Podcasts: www.c-span.org/podcasts/
Newsletters: www.c-span.org/connect/
Visit the C-SPAN Shop: c-spanshop.org/
#cspan
All Comments (3)
  • @ScrappyD1983
    Yeah we all make mistakes but we have to deal with the consequences of those mistakes and she's the one that decides the fate of those people that make those mistakes. So she deserves everything that's coming to her
  • @boatsoar2557
    Anarchist. Theres a need for the Charlotte, NC food judge also food district attorney to go. How do we make this happen. The alternative is innocent people will go to prison. They keep ruining lives, also. What are we doing?