Boutwell: Radical Republican and Champion of Democracy

The first major biography of the statesman who fought for racial and economic equality alongside Presidents Lincoln and Grant.

During his seven-decade career in public life, George Sewall Boutwell sought to “redeem America’s promise” of racial equality, economic equity, and the principled use of American power abroad. From 1840 to 1905, Boutwell was at the center of efforts to abolish slavery, establish the Republican Party, assist President Lincoln in funding the Union war effort, facilitat...