In 1856, Massachusetts senator Charles Sumner (for whom Boston's Sumner tunnel is named) was savagely beaten on the Senate floor by South Carolina congressman Preston Brooks, in retaliation for an (admittedly quite insulting and inflammatory) anti-slavery speech.
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Date: 2008-12-07 05:49 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-12-07 03:57 pm (UTC)In 1856, Massachusetts senator Charles Sumner (for whom Boston's Sumner tunnel is named) was savagely beaten on the Senate floor by South Carolina congressman Preston Brooks, in retaliation for an (admittedly quite insulting and inflammatory) anti-slavery speech.