The caning of Charles Sumner : honor, idealism, and the origins of the Civil War /

The caning of Charles Sumner : honor, idealism, and the origins of the Civil War /

Charles Sumner was seated at his Senate desk on May 22, 1856, when Democratic Congressman Preston S. Brooks approached, pulled out a walking stick, and struck him on the head. Brooks continued to beat the stunned Sumner, forcing him to the ground and repeatedly striking him even as the cane shattere...

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Main Author: Hoffer, Williamjames
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010.
Series:Witness to history (Baltimore, Md.)
Subjects:
Sumner, Charles, > 1811-1874.
Brooks, Preston S. > (Preston Smith), > 1819-1857.
Assault and battery > United States > History > 19th century.
Legislators > United States > Biography.
Idealism, American > Political aspects > History > 19th century.
Honor > Political aspects > United States > History > 19th century.
Slavery > Political aspects > United States > History > 19th century.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Causes.
United States > Politics and government > 1849-1861.

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Call Number: E434.8 .H64 2010
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