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Southern Chivalry

This political cartoon by Philadelphia printer, John L. Magee, depicts an incident that occurred on the floor of the Senate on May 22, 1856. During a session of Congress, South Carolina Representative Preston Brooks repeatedly struck Massachusetts…

Tags: Andrew Butler, Charles Sumner, fire-eater, John L. Magee, Kansas-Nebraska Act, political cartoon, Pre-Civil War America, Preston Brooks, REGIONALISM, Sectionalism, SLAVERY, Slavery-Law and Legislation, United States Congress—History—19th Century

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