The caning of Charles Sumner: honor, idealism, and the origins of the Civil War

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Author
Hoffer, Williamjames
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Date
2010
Language
English

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Subjects
Assault and battery
Assault and battery -- United States -- History -- 19th century
Brooks, Preston S
Brooks, Preston S. (Preston Smith), 1819-1857
Causes
History
Honor
Honor -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 19th century
Idealism, American
Idealism, American -- Political aspects -- History -- 19th century
Legislators
Legislators -- United States -- Biography
Political aspects
Politics and government
Slavery
Slavery -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 19th century
Sumner, Charles
Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Causes
United States -- Politics and government -- 1849-1861

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9780801894695
9780801894688

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