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The Great Abolitionist: Charles Sumner and the Fight for a More Perfect Union: Charles Sumner and the Fight for a More Perfect Union Faith and fiber)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 apart when the very future of the nation hung in the balance Charles Sumner's voice rang strongest, bravest, and most unwavering. Where others preached compromise and moderation, he denounced slavery's evils to all who would listen and demanded that it be wiped out