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Higginson, Thomas Wentworth

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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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 of freed slaves; subsequently he resumed literary work, and in 1880 became a member of the Massachusetts Legislature; he wrote a "History of the United States," "Army Life in a Black Regiment," &c.; b . 1823.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Higginson, Thomas Wentworth'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​h/higginson-thomas-wentworth.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
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