'Charles Sumner: Conscience of a Nation' (Full Bio)

All Of It with Alison Stewart · Jul 5, 2025 · 1h 18m

For this month's installment of Full Bio, we learn about the life of Senator Charles Sumner with Zaakir Tameez, author of the new biography, Charles Sumner: Conscience of a Nation. Sumner was a fierce abolitionist and statesman from Massachusetts who was a pivotal advisor to President Lincoln and an influential force during the Civil War. You can listen to all three parts of our series in full.

Charles Sumner, Part 1: Sumner's upbringing in a diverse neighborhood in Boston, and how that experience led him to become an abolitionist.

Charles Sumner, Part 2: Sumner's experiences as a statesman…