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

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 ...

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.

Back in 1856, South Carolina Congressman Preston Brooks took offense to an anti-slavery speech delivered by Massachusetts abolitionist Senator Charles Sumner. Accompanied by another congressman from ...

A Long Island man owns a beautiful old riding crop he claims was given to an ancestor by the President of the Confederacy, Jefferson Davis. But this is no ordinary present. Its owner believes it was ...

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 ...