No matter how many different books I've read that recount Preston Brooks' assault on Charles Sumner, it never ceases to enrage me.
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It still outrages you over a century later. You don’t think it could outrage people less than a decade later? :)
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I think it's doubtful the Sumner beating had any direct significant impact on the 1860 election. It did help them coalesce in 1858, however, which helped them in 1860.
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