19: The Caning of Charles Sumner

from Ungeniused · host Stephen Hackett and Myke Hurley

On May 22, 1856, Preston Brooks attacked Charles Sumner on the floor of the U.S. Senate, striking him repeatedly with a cane until he was unconscious.

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