<b>Thomas Wentworth Higginson</b> (December 22, 1823 &ndash; May 9, 1911) was an American Unitarian minister, author, abolitionist, politician, and soldier. He was active in <b>abolitionism</b> in the United States during the 1840s and 1850s, identifying himself with disunion and militant abolitionism.&nbsp;