The Great Abolitionist: Charles Sumner and the Fight for a More Perfect Union (Puleo - WH) kid Mexican bandits raid unguarded settlements

Mexican bandits raid unguarded settlements

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The Great Abolitionist: Charles Sumner and the Fight for a More Perfect Union (Puleo - WH) kid Mexican bandits raid unguarded settlementsby Stephen Puleo (Author) 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 apartwhen the very future of the nation hung in the balanceCharles Sumners voice rang strongest, bravest, and most unwavering. Where others preached compromise and moderation, he denounced slaverys evils to all who would listen and demanded