The increasing political conflict between North and South ~Apex
Preston Brooks
Senator Charles Sumner
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 Preston died in 1800.
Charles Preston Wickham was born in 1836.
Charles Preston Wickham died in 1925.
Charles Sumner, a prominent proponent of the Abolition movement, was savagely beaten by pro slavery representative Preston Brooks.
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.
Charles sumner
Senator Charles Sumner gave a speech that Preston Brooks strongly disagreed with. Brooks proceeded to come onto the senate floor and beat Senator Sumner with a cain until he was bloody and unconscious. After an outcry from the North, Brooks resigned is congressional seat, but was re-elected by his district. However, he died of croup before his next term began.
Preston Brooks was the name of a Democratic Representative who served the state of South Carolina from 1853 until he died in 1857. He was an advocate of slavery and was well known for an incident in which he beat up Senator Charles Sumner using a cane in 1956.