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Senator Charles Sumner (pictured) was assaulted by Representative Preston Brooks in the United States Senate chamber in retaliation for a speech in which Sumner fiercely criticized slaveholders.
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American abolitionist and statesman (1811–1874)
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Caning of Charles Sumner
Attack of US Senator by a Representative in 1856
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American politician (1819–1857)
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Room of the United States Capitol
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