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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