1. Summary Reactions The Caning of Sumner - 1856
Criticized Stephen Douglas and Andrew Butler
Charles Sumner’s “Crime Against Kansas”
Got confronted by Preston Brooks and two cohorts
Put into coma for 6 months, assailants got off scott free
Reactions
South:
Viewed Sumner as intemperate and a bully
Verbally attacked Sen. Butler and slavery
Brooks was seen as the hero
North:
Brooks was seen as an uncouth, cowardly, bully
Gained thousands of votes for republican party which went against slavery VS
Preston Brooks
Charles Sumner