so, lori, can we bring you on to talk about what you have with us today? so i am joining you here today from the council chamber at the old state house to share with you what our treasures from the revolutionary spaces collection. and this item is a cane, which is described as the cane with which represent it of preston esperance assaulted charles sumner on may 22nd. 1856. so this cane played a key part in one of the most violent events in american congressional history. so to give you a little background on may 19th and 20th of 1856, charles sumner, who was a united states senator from massachusetts, said in a very lengthy speech criticizing slavery. and he particularly chastises some of the senators who supported the institution, including andrew butler of south carolina and he also basically condemned the entire state of south carolina. so even though andrew butler was not present during sumner s speech, his distant relative represented preston brooks, south carolina was a
so, lori, can we bring you on to talk about what you have with us today? so i am joining you here today from the council chamber at the old state house to share with you what our treasures from the revolutionary spaces collection. and this item is a cane, which is described as the cane with which represent it of preston esperance assaulted charles sumner on may 22nd. 1856. so this cane played a key part in one of the most violent events in american congressional history. so to give you a little background on may 19th and 20th of 1856, charles sumner, who was a united states senator from massachusetts, said in a very lengthy speech criticizing slavery. and he particularly chastises some of the senators who supported the institution, including andrew butler of south carolina and he also basically condemned the entire state of south carolina. so even though andrew butler was not present during sumner s speech, his distant relative represented preston brooks, south carolina was a
so, lori, can we bring you on to talk about what you have with us today? so i am joining you here today from the council chamber at the old state house to share with you what our treasures from the revolutionary spaces collection. and this item is a cane, which is described as the cane with which represent it of preston esperance assaulted charles sumner on may 22nd. 1856. so this cane played a key part in one of the most violent events in american congressional history. so to give you a little background on may 19th and 20th of 1856, charles sumner, who was a united states senator from massachusetts, said in a very lengthy speech criticizing slavery. and he particularly chastises some of the senators who supported the institution, including andrew butler of south carolina and he also basically condemned the entire state of south carolina. so even though andrew butler was not present during sumner s speech, his distant relative represented preston brooks, south carolina was a
today from the account chamber at the old state house to share with you one of our treasures from the revolutionary spaces collection. this item is a cane, which is described as the cane with which representative front to s brooks assaulted charge sumner in april 2nd, 1856. this is a key part and one of the most violent events in american congressional history. to give you a little background. may 19th and 20th of 1856, charles sumner who was a united states senator from the massachusetts, gave a very lengthy speech criticizing slavery. he particularly chastised some of the senators who supported that institution. including andrew butler, of south carolina. he also, basically, condemned the entire state of south carolina. even though andrew butler was not present during senator sunder speech, a distant relative representative preston brooks of south carolina was angered by what he perceived as a verbal attack on both his relative, and his home state. on may 22nd, two days
so, lori, can we bring you on to talk about what you have with us today? so, i am joining you here today from the account chamber at the old state house to share with you one of our treasures from the revolutionary spaces collection. this item is a cane, which is described as the cane with which representative front to s brooks assaulted charge sumner in april 2nd, 1856. this is a key part and one of the most violent events in american congressional history. to give you a little background. may 19th and 20th of 1856, charles sumner who was a united states senator from the massachusetts, gave a very lengthy speech criticizing slavery. he particularly chastised some of the senators who supported that institution. including andrew butler, of south carolina. he also, basically, condemned the entire state of south carolina. even though andrew butler was not present during senator sunder speech, a distant relative representative preston brooks of south carolina was angered by