CANEFIGHT!

DATE:

• After the Sack of Lawrence, on May 21, 1856

PROTAGONISTS

• Senator Charles Sumner
• Representative Preston Brooks

CHARLES SUMNER

• Senator of Massachustes
• Abolitionist Leader

PRESTON BROOKS

• Representative of South Carolina
• Thought that Sumner went to far

IN WHAT YOU ASK?

"The Crime Against Kansas"

• Sumner blasted the murderous Robbers
• Murderous robbers from Missouri
• Called them hirelings, picked from drunken
• Spew and Vomit of an uneasy civilization

KEY TERMS:

• Abolisionist: A person going against an act

FIGHT BEGANS!

• Two days after Sumners speech:
• Brooks goes into the senate chamber and starts beating Sumner

Weapon of choice?
The Cane

AFTERMATH:

• Violence from Kansas spilled over to the national legislative
• Charles Sumner could not come back to the senate
• Sumner was hurt both physically and mentally
• Brooks takes a win for the South