Hey Crimestituents! We're gaveling in another session of Crime in Congress, a new true crime podcast with hosts Harley and Sarah that examines political scandals and infamous crimes with elected officials.
This session, we are taking you back to middle school history class, discussing the brutal caning of Senator Charles Sumner by House of Representatives Member Preston Brooks - an event that stoked the flames of the Civil War.
Sources:
https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/resources/pdf/CrimeAgainstKSSpeech.pdfhttps://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/resources/pdf/SumnerInvestigation1856.pdf
https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/minute/The_Crime_Against_Kansas.htm
https://www.battlefields.org/learn/biographies/preston-brooks
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101074835990&seq=1107
https://billofrightsinstitute.org/essays/charles-sumner-and-preston-brooks
https://history.house.gov/Institution/Origins-Development/Discipline/
Gavel strike audio by odditonic
Instrumental intro/outro music by Dmitry Taras
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