Question

Why did hundreds of people send canes to Preston Brooks?​

Answer 1

I'm pretty sure it's: Preston Brooks beats Charles Sumner with a cane. Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts was an avowed Abolitionist and leader of the Republican Party. After the sack of Lawrence, on May 21, 1856, he gave a bitter speech in the Senate called "The Crime Against Kansas."

That's all I remember and hope this helps ^^

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