Historical Illustration: The Death of Charles Sumner: At Washington D.C. March 11th 1874. Aged, 63 years, 2 months, and 5 days

Charles Sumner

Historical Illustration: The Death of Charles Sumner: At Washington D.C. March 11th 1874. Aged, 63 years, 2 months, and 5 days

1874

Historical Illustration

The Library of Congress features an 1874 historical illustration, published in Currier & Ives, that depicts Senator Charles Sumner (LR-MA)--the leader of the anti-slavery forces in Massachusetts and the Radical Republicans in the United States Senate--lying on a bed while surrounded by both black and white men. Many of the men have tissues and their hats in their hands and their heads bowed.


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