Charles Sumner
Was an american politician and senator from massachusetts. He was the leader of the “radical republicans”, a abolitionist group from the north. He tried to give equal rights to the freedmen. He believed that African Americans needed to be literate before being allowed to vote. Although he changed political parties numerous times, he ultimately stayed with the republican party and worked closely with Lincoln throughout the war.
“The age of chivalry has gone; the age of humanity has come.”