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Charles Sumner
The caning of Charles Sumner occurred right here in the United States Congress in 1856. Charles Sumner was beaten nearly to death with a cane by Preston Brooks. Preston Brooks was upset over an anti-slavery speech given by Charles Sumner a few days before.
Preston Brooks, of South Carolina. Its little understood today that there was a meaning to the method of Brook's assault. Brooks beat Sumner with a cane. If Brooks had considered Sumner to be a "gentleman", he would have challenged Sumner to a duel. By simply attacking and beating him he was saying that Sumner was not a gentleman, and did not deserve the respect one should accord a gentleman.
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The beating of Charles Sumner show that the relations between the North and South created events that led to the Civil War.
The surrender of Fort Sumner.
The beating took place in 1856 after Charles Sumner made an abolitionist speech which was insulting to Brooks' uncle. The consequence of the beating was to increase tensions between the North and the South in the United States.
The Caning of Charles Sumner showed that the North and the South were deeply divided. Northerners were outraged at the caning and Charles Sumner became a martyr in the North. Preston Brooks became a hero in the South and was praised by southern newspapers. Brooks' assault was also an important part of changing the struggling Republican Party into a major political force.
Charles Sumner
Preston Brooks believed he "offended" his family so their for a beating was the "proper punishment"
Charles A. Sumner died in 1903.
Charles A. Sumner was born in 1835.
Charles Sumner Schneider was born in 1874.
Charles Sumner was born on January 6, 1811.
Charles Sumner was born on January 6, 1811.
Charles Sumner - bishop - died in 1874.