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In reply to the discussion: Preston Brooks was never jailed for beating Charles Sumner with a cane on the senate floor. [View all]

canetoad

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1. Just saw that
Reply to uponit7771 (Original post)
Fri Jan 7, 2022, 02:52 AM
Jan 2022

Watching bootleg MSNBC in Australia. It's 5.50 pm on the 7th.

That was fascinating. Was this before the civil war?

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Preston Brooks was never jailed for beating Charles Sumner with a cane on the senate floor. [View all] uponit7771 Jan 2022 OP
Just saw that canetoad Jan 2022 #1
'The Beating of Charles Sumner, or the Brooks-Sumner Affair, occurred on May 22, 1856, elleng Jan 2022 #2
I'm deaf as a post canetoad Jan 2022 #3
Me too. Lol. jimfields33 Jan 2022 #10
Brooks died unexpectedly from a violent attack of croup on January 27, 1857 Celerity Jan 2022 #9
Yes and in the beginning the civil war in the US was treated like 1/6 event; a one off battle that uponit7771 Jan 2022 #4
Prayers won't work, and surely not prayers that we've LEARNED from the past; elleng Jan 2022 #5
oh for a minute there I thought you wrote "Foster Brooks" Grasswire2 Jan 2022 #6
Here's the video(s) of Rachel Maddow speaking about it with guest Doris Kearns Goodwin: Rhiannon12866 Jan 2022 #7
Brooks even had the remnants of his cane BigmanPigman Jan 2022 #8
Apt comparison to today Doc Sportello Jan 2022 #11
+1, That one guy who threatened AOC should have been kicked out of congress. If we don't make uponit7771 Jan 2022 #12
Exactly Doc Sportello Jan 2022 #13
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