The outspoken statesman and abolitionist Charles Sumner served as a senator from 1851-1874.  Learn how Senator Sumner's 1865 protest against the Kansas-Nebraska Act prompted one of the most violent altercations in senatorial history.

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The outspoken statesman and abolitionist Charles Sumner served as a senator from 1851-1874.  Learn how Senator Sumner's 1865 protest against the Kansas-Nebraska Act prompted one of the most violent altercations in senatorial history.

The Caning of Charles Sumner on the Senate Floor

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