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dec 22, 1855 - Brooks-Sumner Incident May 22, 1856

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a pro-slavery Democrat from South Carolina, used a walking cane to attack Senator Charles Sumner, an abolitionist Republican from Massachusetts.

leads to chaos

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dec 22, 1855
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~ 169 years ago