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Vintage Illustration: Assualt upon senator Sumner by Senator Brooks. Brooks beat Sumner to a bloody pulp in the Senate Chambers in the Capitol prior to the Civil War 1856 . Brooks became a hero to many southerners for his extreme defence of southern honor.
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Vintage Illustration: Assualt upon senator Sumner by Senator Brooks. Brooks beat Sumner to a bloody pulp in the Senate Chambers in the Capitol prior to the Civil War 1856 . Brooks became a hero to many southerners for his extreme defence of southern honor.
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