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The Sumner-Brook Affair was an incident that took place in the senate, where Charles Sumner delivered a very ugly speech insulting a very high esteemed Senator of South Carolina, Andrew Butler. Butler suffered from a physical defect that made him drool. Sumner made a connection of Butler's slobbering in connection with the Barbarity of slave owners. Later on Preston Brooks, Butler's cousin, snuck up behind Sumner and beat him with a cane till it broke. The South viewed Brooks as a hero and the North forgot Sumner's wrongdoings and praised him
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FranThe Sumner-Brooks Affair was an incident that occurred in the Senate in 1856. Charles Sumner was a senator from Massachusetts gave an insulting speech focused on Senator Andrew Brooks. In retaliation, Brooks severely beat Senator Sumner. The incident symbolizes the growing tension between the North and the South.
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How did both the north and the south react to brooks' attack on Summer?
The "Beating of Sumner" on May 22nd 1856 caused polarizing reactions in the North and the South. In the nNorthern States, there was a furious backlash and Brooks was seen as a monster and fuelled the idea that the Southern Statyes were violent and uncivilised. In the South, however, Brooks was seen as a hero and was even gifted canes from the Southern population as a reward for his attack.
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