Sumner gave an antislavery speech in Congress. In this speech, Sumner insulted a Senator from South Carolina. Preston Brooks, a relative of the congressman, heard of this and went to Sumner and beat him with a cane until he passed out.
It showed that passions over slavery were becoming dangerously inflamed in the North and the South.
Senator Charles Summer was opposed to slavery. He was extremely vocal about it and outraged over the "Bleeding Kansas" situation. He insulted a Southern, Senator Butler. And in an act of revenge, Congressman Preston Brooks assaulted Summers in the Senate when few people were there. Summer was almost beaten to death and Brooks was never charged.
When Charles Sumner (Georgia) beat George Brooks (Massachusetts) on the floor of the U.S. Senate with a silver tipped cane. The fight sparked the swelling animosity between the North and the South.
The Sumner-Brook Affair was an incident that took place in the senate, where Charles Sumner delivered a very ugly speech insulting a very high esteemed Senator of South Carolina, Andrew Butler. Butler suffered from a physical defect that made him drool. Sumner made a connection of Butler's slobbering in connection with the Barbarity of slave owners. Later on Preston Brooks, Butler's cousin, snuck up behind Sumner and beat him with a cane till it broke. The South viewed Brooks as a hero and the North forgot Sumner's wrongdoings and praised him
The Brooks-Summer Affair took place in 1856
Tom Finney, played football for Preston and England and in the summer earned his living as a plumber
The cast of Summer Bachelors - 1926 includes: Barbara Barondess Madge Bellamy as Derry Thomas Walter Catlett as Bachelor No. 1 Charles Esdale as Bachelor No. 4 Allan Forrest as Tony Landor Hale Hamilton as Beverly Greenway Leila Hyams as Willowdean French Cosmo Kyrle Bellew as Bachelor No. 3 Matt Moore as Walter Blakely Olive Tell as Mrs. Preston Smith Charles Winninger as Preston Smith
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summer 2013
In the summer, Massachusetts can range from 115 degrees to 60 degrees. It can also be very humid, too. The beginning of the summer is hotter than the end.
It was very cold in the winter time but the summer time was humid but it depends on where you are in Massachusetts.
It was very cold in the winter time but the summer time was humid but it depends on where you are in Massachusetts.