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Thomas Wentworth Higginson (December 22, 1823 – May 9, 1911), who went by the name Wentworth,: 52 was an American Unitarian minister, author, abolitionist, politician, and soldier. He was active in abolitionism in the United States during the 1840s and 1850s, identifying himself with disunion and militant abolitionism.
9 de mai. de 2024 · Thomas Wentworth Higginson (born December 22, 1823, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.—died May 9, 1911, Cambridge) was an American reformer who was dedicated to the abolition movement before the American Civil War.
Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1823, Thomas Wentworth Higginson, became best known as a radical abolitionist and advocate for women's suffrage, as well as a Unitarian minister, poet, author, and Civil War officer.
Thomas Wentworth Higginson entered his military career fairly late in life. By the time the Civil War began, however, Higginson had been advocating for disunion for a number of years. Higginson studied theology at Harvard Divinity School but left after a year to oppose the impending war with Mexico.
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, co-editor of the first two collections of Emily Dickinson’s poems, was a man of astonishingly varied talents and accomplishments. A lifelong radical, he was an outspoken abolitionist, advocate of women’s rights, and founder of the Intercollegiate Socialist Society.
A study of the life of Thomas Wentworth Higginson is an avenue to understanding many of the people, events, and issues that dominated American history and literature from the 1850s to 1910.
Thomas Wentworth Higginson. Called a man whose whole life was a “sermon on freedom,” Higginson had a fascinating career as minister, editor, writer and abolitionist. He was born on December 23, 1823 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. His father died when he was 11.
