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433 words, approx. 2 pages
American reformer and editor Thomas Wentworth Higginson (1823-1911) led the first black regiment to serve in the Civil War. He also supported women's suffrage and encouraged many female writers.Thomas... Read more
561 words, approx. 2 pages
Thomas Wentworth Higginson (22 December 1822-9 May 1911), known through most of his mature life as "Colonel Higginson" because of his Civil War service with black troops, is to be remembered as a man ... Read more
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Thomas Wentworth Higginson was an extraordinarily versatile and energetic cultural critic and man of letters in nineteenth-century America. According to Henry James, he reflected almost everything tha... Read more
10,550 words, approx. 36 pages
Thomas Wentworth Higginson--reformer, militant abolitionist, politician, religious radical, advocate of equality for blacks and women, speaker, literary critic, military man, and author of everything ... Read more