SC Congressman Preston Brooks shocked nation when he caned Charles Sumner on the Senate floor. A new biography shows why the ...

2013-10-12T18:00:28-04:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/f58/201310121814081003_hd.jpgStephen Puleo talked about the background and aftermath of pro-slavery ...

Massachusetts Sen. Charles Sumner risked his life for the sake of Kansans’ freedom. On May 22, 1856 — 168 years ago — he suffered a beating at the hands of unhinged South Carolina Rep. Preston Brooks.

South Carolina Rep. Preston Brooks attacks Massachusetts Sen. Charles Sumner in the U.S. Senate chambers on May 22, 1856, in this illustration. (U.S. Senate) Massachusetts Sen. Charles Sumner risked ...

Glenn Beck delivered a veritable history lesson to his audience Monday night, telling the story of Charles Sumner‘s “Crime against Kansas” speech in 1856, which led to that Massachusetts senator ...

On May 19, 1856 — 167 years ago this week — Charles Sumner of Massachusetts, a gifted orator and the US Senate’s foremost opponent of slavery, rose to deliver a speech on the events unfolding in ...

Massachusetts senator Charles Sumner’s lifelong devotion to equal rights was akin to “digging a deep well with nothing more than a spoon... yet he never stopped digging,” according to this rousing ...

THE GREAT ABOLITIONIST: Charles Sumner and the Fight for a More Perfect Union. By Stephen Puleo. St. Martin’s Press. 464 pages. $32. When Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts died in Washington, ...

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South Carolina Rep. Preston Brooks bludgeoned Sen. Charles Sumner unconscious, and Southern voters cheered the violence. We aren’t back there — yet. senate.gov Massachusetts Sen. Charles Sumner risked ...