Historical Illustration: The late Senator Sumner. Ceremonies in the Capitol -- colored people of Washington, headed by Frederick Douglass, viewing the remains

Charles Sumner

Historical Illustration: The late Senator Sumner. Ceremonies in the Capitol -- colored people of Washington, headed by Frederick Douglass, viewing the remains

3/28/1874

Historical Illustration

The Library of Congress presents an 1874 historical illustration, drawn by Joseph Becker, that depicts Charles Sumner (LR-MA)--the leader of the anti-slavery forces in Massachusetts and the Radical Republicans in the United States Senate--lying in a casket and surrounded by African American mourners with Frederick Douglass at the head of the casket.

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