Stephen Puleo is the author of several books, including Dark Tide, Due to Enemy Action, and The Caning. Formerly an award-winning newspaper reporter, he is a contributor to American History magazine, among other publications.
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In the tempestuous mid-nineteenth 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 u... SEE MORE