Thomas Wentworth Higginson
1823–1911
American minister, reformer, soldier, and author. A staunch supporter of the anti-slavery movement and the rights of women. Helped provide financial support for slave insurrections. Colonel of a regiment of freed slaves during the American Civil War; publicised the success of these black troops in his Army life in a black regiment (1870).
Source
ANB.
Bibliography
ANB: American national biography. Edited by John A. Garraty and Mark C. Carnes. 24 vols. and supplement. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press. 1999–2002.
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