A brutal attack in the Senate chamber - The Boston Globe
The beating lasted no more than a minute, but its effect on American history would be long and terrible.
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The beating lasted no more than a minute, but its effect on American history would be long and terrible.
On May 19, 1856 — 167 years ago — Charles Sumner of Massachusetts, a gifted orator and the US Senate’s foremost opponent of slavery, rose to deliver a speech on