Senator Charles Sumner was the Massachusetts representative. He wrote a speech against slavery and was beaten by Senator Preston Brooks when he read it to the other senators.
Charles Sumner was a Massachusetts Senator.
Senator Charles Sumner
Charles Sumner
Charles Sumner was caning while serving in the senate. He was caned at the Capitol.
Yes. Charles Sumner was a Radical Republican and abolitionist Senator from Massachusetts. One day, after giving an inflammatory speech against slavery, a Southern Senator beat Sumner with a cane while Sumner was sitting at his desk in the Senate chamber.
Yes. Charles Sumner was a Radical Republican and abolitionist who served as a U.S. Senator during the Civil War.
Senator Charles Sumner
Republican U.S. Senator Charles Sumner (RMA) is beaten nearly to death on floor of Senate by U.S. Rep. Preston Brooks (D-SC),
Preston Brooks
at his desk in the senate building
Senator Charles Sumner
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