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Sumner Event took place in 1856, In the United State congress, Representative Preston Brooks (D-SC) attacked senator Charles Sumner (R-MA) an abolitionist, with a walking cane.in retaliation for a speech given by Sumner two days earlier in witch he fiercely attacked slave holders including a relative of Brooks.
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