Preston Brooks

Preston Brooks, was a pro-slavery Democrat from South Carolina, who used a walking cane to attack Charles Sumner. It was in retaliation for a speech given by Sumner two days earlier in which he criticized slaveholders, including a relative of Brooks. Brooks died a year after the caning incident in 1857, age 37, due to croup (a respiratory infection).
==Appearances==
*The American Civil War (Part 1).
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Category:American Civil War