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Mr. dickens also thought slavery in particular made us a pretty brutal country. and he wrote in "american notes" you could see the brutalizing effect of slavery in this country in the ways we conducted ourselves even when slaves weren't directly involved. for example, charles dickens included in his book, request "american notes" an account he read in a newspaper while he was here. it was an account about wisconsin politicians shooting each other. february 11, 1842, and wisconsin legislators were debating the appointment of a flu sheriff in grant county, wisconsin. according to dicken, quote, ...

Mr. arnt struck a blow. mr. vineyard took a pistol and shot mr. arnt dead. on february 11, 1842, one wisconsin legislator shot dead another legislator who had offended him in a debate. he did it in front of everyone. and that is how james r. vineyard earned the distinction of becoming the first lawmaker in the territorial of wisconsin to become expelled from office. it turns out it's also a way to offend visiting famous authors who write a publication to show what savages these americans are. but back in 1842, at least wisconsin did have the good taste to throw the guy out of office after he d...