Which issue led to a violent disagreement between Preston Brooks and Charles Sumner?

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SebHallin · Answer 1 · 2023-12-14T03:59:08+0000

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Representative Preston Brooks (left) beat Senator Charles Sumner (right) after Sumner gave a fiery speech attacking slavery and its practitioners, including Brooks's cousin Senator Andrew Butler, whom Sumner had mocked for his stroke-induced speech impediment, among other personal insults.

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