Preston Brooks Beats Charles Sumner on Senate Floor, Southern Elite Celebrates Violence
Representative Preston Brooks, a pro-slavery Democrat from South Carolina, enters the Senate chamber and beats Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts nearly to death with a metal-topped cane, striking him repeatedly on the head while Sumner attempts futilely to protect himself. The attack follows …
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U.S. House of Representatives
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