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1819 - Born on the 5th of August in Roseland, Edgefield County, South Carolina.
1850 - He was recorded on The Slave Schedules Records.
1853 - Brooks was elected to the United States Congress .
1856 - Brooks beat Senator Charles Sumner with his Gutta-percha wood walking cane in the Senate chamber because of a speech Sumner had made three days previous criticizing President Franklin Pierce and Southerners who sympathized with the pro-slavery violence in Kansas ("Bleeding Kansas").
1857 - He died on the 27th of January.
1850 - He was recorded on The Slave Schedules Records.
1853 - Brooks was elected to the United States Congress .
1856 - Brooks beat Senator Charles Sumner with his Gutta-percha wood walking cane in the Senate chamber because of a speech Sumner had made three days previous criticizing President Franklin Pierce and Southerners who sympathized with the pro-slavery violence in Kansas ("Bleeding Kansas").
1857 - He died on the 27th of January.
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Speech of Hon. Howell Cobb, of Ga., on the resolutions reported by the Select Committee to investigate the alleged asault upon Senator Sumner by Mr. Brooks: ... the House of Representatives, July 10, 1856 by Howell Cobb (Unknown Binding - Jul 24, 2008) |
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The crime against Sumner: The caning of Charles Sumner and the rise of the Republican party by William E Gienapp (Unknown Binding - Jul 24, 1979) |
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