22 mai 1856 - Brooks–Sumner Affair
Description:
AKA: Caning of Charles SumnerIn the United States Senate, Representative Preston Brooks, a pro-slavery Democrat from South Carolina, used a walking cane to attack Senator Charles Sumner, an abolitionist Republican from Massachusetts, in retaliation for a speech given by Sumner two days earlier in which he fiercely criticized slaveholders, including a relative of Brooks. The beating nearly killed Sumner and it contributed significantly to the country's polarization over the issue of slavery.
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Date:
22 mai 1856
Maintenaint
~ Il y a 168 ans
