He gave the "Crime Against Kansas" speech on May 20, 1856.
- Abraham Lincoln
- Frederick Douglass
- John Brown
- Charles Sumner
- Preston Brooks
Daily Quiz for August 10, 2007
He gave the "Crime Against Kansas" speech on May 20, 1856.
He gave the "Crime Against Kansas" speech on May 20, 1856.
Massachusetts Senator Charles Sumner, an outspoken antagonist against slavery, gave the "Crime Against Kansas? speech on May 20, 1856. Two days later Sumner was assaulted on the Senate floor by South Carolina?s Preston Brooks. His injuries in the attack compelled his absence from the Senate until December, 1859. Sumner, born on January 6, 1811, helped form the Republican Party. He died in 1874.