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.
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
No, he was a Radical Republican senator from Massachusetts.
Senator Charles Sumner
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