The increasing political conflict between north and south
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.
Violence erupted in Kansas during the mid-1850s as pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions clashed in a struggle known as "Bleeding Kansas," reflecting the intense national conflict over slavery. This turmoil was mirrored in Congress when Senator Charles Sumner delivered a fiery speech condemning pro-slavery forces, which prompted Representative Preston Brooks to attack him on the Senate floor in 1856, severely beating him with a cane. These events underscored the deepening divisions in the United States and foreshadowed the impending Civil War.
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.