May 22nd, 1856
Congressman Preston Brooks of South Carolina beats Senator Charles Sumner with a cane in the hall of the United States Senate for a speech Sumner had made attacking Southerners who sympathized with the pro-slavery violence in Kansas ("Bleeding Kansas"). event on May 22, 1856. Read about how to open files in Open File Database.
Events around May 22, 1856
May 24th, 1856 | Event | John Brown and his men murder five slavery supporters at Pottawatomie Creek, Kansas. |
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