History Happy Hour Encore Episode 242 – Abolitionist Charles Sumner
Guest: Stephen Puleo
Sunday, March 23, 2025

This Week on History Happy Hour: In the mid-19th Century, as America careened toward Civil War, Senator Charles Sumner was the conscience of the North. He denounced slavery’s evils to all who would listen and demanded that it be wiped out of existence. More than any other person of his era, he blazed the trail on the country’s long, uneven, and ongoing journey toward realizing its full promise to become a more perfect union.
In this encore episode, Chris and Rick welcome Stephen Puleo, author of a new biography of Sumner: The Great Abolitionist: Charles Sumner and the Fight for a More Perfect Union.
Sunday at 4 PM Eastern on History Happy Hour, where history is always on tap.

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