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The Assault That Drove America to Civil War

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A Turning Point in American History, the Beating of U.S. Senator Charles Sumner and the Beginning of the War Over Slavery Early in the afternoon of May 22, 1856, ardent pro-slavery Congressman Preston S. Brooks of South Carolina strode into the United States Senate Chamber in Washington, D.C., and began beating renowned anti-slavery Senator Charles Sumner with a gold-topped walking cane. Brooks struck again and again-more than thirty times across Sumner's head, face, and shoulders-until his cane splintered into pieces and the helpless Massachusetts senator, having nearly wrenched his desk from...

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