The caning of Charles Sumner : honor, idealism, and the origins of the Civil War
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Published
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010.
ISBN
9780801894688 (hc), 9780801894695 (pbk.), 0801894697 (pbk.)
Physical Desc
152 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
Status
Adult Nonfiction (3rd floor)
NF 973.711 HOFFER 2010
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NF 973.711 HOFFER 2010
1 available
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Assault and battery -- History -- 19th century.
Brooks, Preston S. -- (Preston Smith), -- 1819-1857.
Honor -- Political aspects -- History -- 19th century.
Idealism, American -- Political aspects -- History -- 19th century.
Legislators -- Biography.
Slavery -- Political aspects -- History -- 19th century.
Sumner, Charles, -- 1811-1874.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Causes.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1849-1861.
Brooks, Preston S. -- (Preston Smith), -- 1819-1857.
Honor -- Political aspects -- History -- 19th century.
Idealism, American -- Political aspects -- History -- 19th century.
Legislators -- Biography.
Slavery -- Political aspects -- History -- 19th century.
Sumner, Charles, -- 1811-1874.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Causes.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1849-1861.
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Published
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010.
Format
Book
Language
English
ISBN
9780801894688 (hc), 9780801894695 (pbk.), 0801894697 (pbk.)
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
Charles Sumner was seated at his Senate desk on May 22, 1856, when Democratic Congressman Preston S. Brooks approached, pulled out a walking stick, and struck him on the head. Brooks continued to beat the stunned Sumner, forcing him to the ground and repeatedly striking him even as the cane shattered. He then pursued the bloodied, staggering Republican senator up the Senate aisle until Sumner collapsed. Colleagues of the two intervened only after Brooks appeared intent on beating the unconscious Sumner, perhaps, to death. The caning on the Senate floor embodied just how wide the complex North-South cultural divide of the mid-nineteenth had become, and explains why the coming war was so difficult to avoid.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Hoffer, W. (2010). The caning of Charles Sumner: honor, idealism, and the origins of the Civil War . Johns Hopkins University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Hoffer, Williamjames. 2010. The Caning of Charles Sumner: Honor, Idealism, and the Origins of the Civil War. Johns Hopkins University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Hoffer, Williamjames. The Caning of Charles Sumner: Honor, Idealism, and the Origins of the Civil War Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Hoffer, Williamjames. The Caning of Charles Sumner: Honor, Idealism, and the Origins of the Civil War Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010.
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