Higginson, Thomas Wentworth
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▪ American social reformer
in full Thomas Wentworth Storrow Higginson
born December 22, 1823, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
died May 9, 1911, Cambridge
American reformer who was dedicated to the abolition movement (
abolitionism) before the American Civil War.
Ordained after graduating from Harvard Divinity School (1847), Higginson became pastor of the First Religious Society of Newburyport,
Massachusetts, where he preached a social gospel too liberal even for Unitarians. Two years later his progressive views on temperance, women's rights, labour, and slavery caused him to lose his congregation.
On the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act (
Fugitive Slave Acts) (1850), Higginson joined the Boston Vigilance Committee to aid escaping slaves. While pastor of a “Free Church” in Worcester, Massachusetts (1852–61), he took a leading part in liberating the fugitive Anthony Burns (1854), and he supported John Brown (
Brown, John) both in Kansas (1856) and in his raid on
Harpers Ferry,
Virginia (1859). During the Civil War Higginson accepted command of the 1st South Carolina Volunteers, later the 33rd U.S. Colored Troops, the first black regiment in the U.S. armed forces. After 1864 he wrote a series of popular biographies and histories and a novel. Higginson discovered and encouraged the poet Emily Dickinson (
Dickinson, Emily).
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Higginson,Thomas Wentworth Storrow — Hig·gin·son (hĭgʹən sən), Thomas Wentworth Storrow. 1823 1911. American writer and soldier who led the first Black regiment in the Union Army (1862 1864). He wrote many biographies, including volumes on Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and John… … Universalium
HIGGINSON, THOMAS WENTWORTH — an American author and abolitionist, born at Cambridge, Massachusetts; graduated at Harvard, and took orders, but resigned in 1858 to devote himself to politics in the anti slavery interest; during the Civil War he commanded the first regiment … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
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Thomas Wentworth Higginson — (* 22. Dezember 1823 in Cambridge, Massachusetts; † 9. Mai 1911) war ein US amerikanischer Schriftsteller und Abolitionist. Leben … Deutsch Wikipedia
Thomas Wentworth Higginson — (22 décembre 1823 – 9 mai 1911) était un pasteur unitarien et un abolitionniste américain. Candidat du Free Soil Party en 1850, il était partisan de l action directe contre la loi sur les esclaves fugitifs de 1850 et mena en 1854 l assaut contre… … Wikipédia en Français
Thomas Wentworth Higginson — (December 22, 1823 ndash; May 9, 1911) was an American minister, author, abolitionist, and soldier. He was active in the American Abolitionism movement during the 1840s and 1850s, identifying himself with disunion and militant abolitionism.… … Wikipedia
Thomas Wentworth — may refer to:* Thomas Wentworth, 1st Baron Wentworth (1501 1551), Lord Chamberlain of England * Thomas Wentworth, 2nd Baron Wentworth (1525 1584), his son, blamed for England s loss of Calais to France in 1558 * Thomas Wentworth (Recorder of… … Wikipedia
Thomas Wentworth Storrow Higginson — noun United States writer and soldier who led the first Black regiment in the Union Army (1823 1911) • Syn: ↑Higginson, ↑Thomas Higginson • Instance Hypernyms: ↑soldier, ↑writer, ↑author … Useful english dictionary
Col. Thomas Wentworth Higginson House — U.S. National Register of Historic Places … Wikipedia
Higginson — noun United States writer and soldier who led the first Black regiment in the Union Army (1823 1911) • Syn: ↑Thomas Higginson, ↑Thomas Wentworth Storrow Higginson • Instance Hypernyms: ↑soldier, ↑writer, ↑author * * * /hig in seuhn/, n … Useful english dictionary
