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Charles Sumner
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American abolitionist and statesman (1811–1874)

Also known as: Чарльз Самнер, تشارلز سومنر, 찰스 섬너, チャールズ・サムナー, 查爾斯·索姆奈, Самнер Чарльз

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Known works

  • From the "Birmingham daily post" of January 17th, 1866 [i.e., 1863]. Fallacies about America
  • The papers of Charles Sumner (1988)
  • The promises of the Declaration of Independence (1865)
  • Parliamentary law on the appointment of special committees of the Senate
  • The equal rights of all (1866)