The Caning of Charles Sumner on the Senate Floor

Stuff You Missed in History Class

• Episode: The Caning of Charles Sumner on the Senate Floor
• Website: Stuff You Missed in History Class
• Feed URL: http://www.howstuffworks.com/podcasts/stuff-you-missed-in-history-class.rss
• Duration: 00:14:17
• Published: 2009-10-14 16:40

The outspoken statesman and abolitionist Charles Sumner served as a senator from 1851-1874. Learn how Senator Sumner's 1865 protest against the Kansas-Nebraska Act prompted one of the most violent altercations in senatorial history. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com