The Caning of Charles Sumner
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| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:historical_event
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| gptkbp:aftermath |
Brooks resigned and was re-elected
Sumner became a symbol for abolitionists |
| gptkbp:cause |
Sumner's anti-slavery speech
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| gptkbp:date |
May 22, 1856
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
The Caning of Charles Sumner
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| gptkbp:location |
gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
United States Senate chamber |
| gptkbp:mediaCoverage |
widely reported in Northern and Southern newspapers
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| gptkbp:notableParticipant |
gptkb:Charles_Sumner
gptkb:Laurence_M._Keitt gptkb:Preston_Brooks Henry Wilson |
| gptkbp:perpetrator |
gptkb:Preston_Brooks
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| gptkbp:precededBy |
gptkb:Sumner's_speech_'The_Crime_Against_Kansas'
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| gptkbp:relatedTo |
gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkb:Bleeding_Kansas |
| gptkbp:resultedIn |
increased tensions over slavery
Sumner's long absence from the Senate |
| gptkbp:symbolizes |
symbol of sectional conflict
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| gptkbp:victim |
gptkb:Charles_Sumner
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| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Charles_Sumner
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