Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Thomas Wentworth Higginson

Union United States Army officer, Unitarian minister, author, and abolitionist

Date of Birth: 22-Dec-1823

Place of Birth: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Date of Death: 09-May-1911

Profession: writer, lawyer, poet, politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Thomas Wentworth Higginson (December 22, 1823 – May 9, 1911) was an American Unitarian 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.
He was a member of the Secret Six who supported John Brown.
During the Civil War, he served as colonel of the 1st South Carolina Volunteers, the first federally authorized black regiment, from 1862–1864.
Following the war, Higginson devoted much of the rest of his life to fighting for the rights of freed people, women and other disfranchised peoples.