Charles Sumner Attacked On The Senate Floor

Violence over enslavement on the floor of the u s.

Charles sumner attacked on the senate floor.

Senate senator sumner s fiery speech. But the attacker wasn t an assassin he was a fellow elected representative. On may 19 1856 senator charles sumner of massachusetts a prominent voice in the. One southerner preston brooks a member of the house of representatives from south.

Congressman preston brooks took offense at the disparagement of his family one of the senators sumner insulted was his second cousin and he met the words with his gold tipped cane. Congressman preston brooks took offense at the disparagement of his family one of the senators sumner insulted was his second cousin and he met the words with his gold tipped cane. Charles sumner assaulted on the senate floor may 22 1856 on this day in 1856 sen. Charles sumner r mass a fierce foe of slavery suffered major injuries when he was assaulted on the senate.

A southern congressman took offense. On this day in 1856 preston brooks a congressman from south carolina viciously attacked massachusetts senator charles sumner on the floor of the united states senate. The caning of charles sumner or the brooks sumner affair occurred on may 22 1856 in the united states senate when representative preston brooks a pro slavery democrat from south carolina used a walking cane to attack senator charles sumner an abolitionist republican from massachusetts in retaliation for a speech given by sumner two days earlier in which he fiercely criticized slaveholders including a relative of brooks. Senate floor on this day in 1856 was another step toward a civil war five years later.

A nearly fatal beating on the u s. Three days earlier in a passionate anti slavery speech sumner had used language southerners found deeply offensive. On may 19 massachusetts senator charles sumner an ardent abolitionist began a two day speech on the senate floor in which he decried the crime against kansas and blasted three of his.