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24 de may. de 2024 · The four rival retailers were Seymour Horace Knox (Woolworth’s first cousin), with 108 five-and-tens; Fred Morgan Kirby, with 84; Charles Sumner Woolworth (Frank’s brother), with 14; and Earle Perry Charlton, with 48. Woolworth’s own giant company at the time of the merger had 319 stores.
Hace 4 días · Hardcover, 464 pp. $32.00. Reviewed by Tim Talbott. Over fifty years after the second of David Herbert Donald’s two-volume biography of Massachusetts senator and abolitionist Charles Sumner rolled off the presses, a new examination of the Bay State’s famous political son is now available.
26 de may. de 2024 · Frank Woolworth was born in Rodman, New York, to John Hubbell Woolworth and Fanny McBrier, and had a brother, Charles Sumner Woolworth. His parents, John and Fanny Woolworth, were devout Methodists and sympathetic to the Northern Cause during the Civil War - they raised their two sons, Frank Winfield and Charles Sumner, accordingly.
24 de may. de 2024 · But if you’ve heard of Charles Sumner, then it’s probably because you’re familiar with his infamous caning 168 years ago last week. He might have remained a footnote in the run-up to the Civil War for me if not for Stephen Puleo’s virtual presentation for the Mark Twain House entitled “ The Great Abolitionist: Charles Sumner and the Fight for a More Perfect Union.”
22 de may. de 2024 · Massachusetts Sen. Charles Sumner risked his life for the sake of Kansans’ freedom. On May 22, 1856 — 168 years ago — he suffered a beating at the hands of unhinged South Carolina Rep. Preston Brooks.
22 de may. de 2024 · Click here. Massachusetts Sen. Charles Sumner risked his life for the sake of Kansans’ freedom. On May 22, 1856 — 168 years ago — he suffered a beating at the hands of unhinged South Carolina Rep. Preston Brooks. Sumner had just delivered a fiery speech about the evils of slavery and its supporters in the chamber.
25 de may. de 2024 · Charles Sumner, a pioneering American abolitionist, was brutally attacked on the Senate floor in 1856 for his impassioned anti-slavery speech. A new biography, "The Great Abolitionist," sheds light on Sumner's remarkable life and legacy in the fight for civil rights.
