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may 22, 1856 - Congress Beat Down

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Charles Sumner (Mass. Senator/abolitionist) condemns Bleeding Kansas and insults Andrew Butler (SC Senator)
- Preston Brooks (SC Rep.) beats Sumner with a
cane

VIOLENCE OVER SLAVERY ENTERS CONGRESS

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Date:

may 22, 1856
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~ 169 years ago