Title: Charles Sumner and the Rights Of Man
Description: Recipient of the National Book Award for History and Biography (Nonfiction), David Herbert Donald's second volumne on Sumner is favorable but critical, and, recognizes his large contribution to the positive accomplishments of Reconstruction. It covers Sumner's career during the Civil War and afterward, and is a book that remains of interest to historians today.
Subjects: Politics and government, Reconstruction, Biography, History, Nonfiction, Radical Republicans, United States, Legislators, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States. Congress. Senate, Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1861-1877), Menschenrecht
Places: United States
People: Charles Sumner (1811-1874), Charles Sumner
Time periods: 1865-1877, 1861-1865, Civil War, 1861-1865