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may 22, 1856 - Caning of Senator Sumner

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Led to disunion: SC rep. Brooks brutally beat MA rep. Sumner in response to the latter's fiery speech attacking slavery and its supporters; symbolized the downturn of American attitudes from political disagreement to unabridged, unmitigated violence and chaos

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may 22, 1856
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~ 169 years ago