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may 9, 1856 - Preston Brooks attachs Charles Sumner

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Congressman Preston Brooks, pro-slavery, attacked Senator Charles Sumner, abolitionist, with a cane. This attack happened after Sumner gave a speech saying that pro-slavery started the violence in Kansas. This attack got a lot of people talking since our government can't even get along either.

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