About this episode
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 during the Civil War, the caning incident, and questions about his sexuality. Charles Sumner, Part 3: Sumner's relationship with the Lincolns, and life after the Civil War.