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POLITICSJun 5 · 11:00 UTCTHE ATLANTICRob Wolfe

The Violent Beating That Reshaped America

In 1856, Preston Brooks attacked Senator Charles Sumner with a cane after Sumner insulted Brooks’s relative in a speech. The violent act intensified sectional tensions, influenced John Brown’s rebellion, and contributed to the rise of the Republican Party. Biographies of Sumner and Brooks later reevaluated their roles in the pre-Civil War era.

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