A proposal for unifying colonial government presented at the Albany Congress by Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Hutchinson. the plan called for a limited governmental agency, representing all the colonies, that would coordinate defense and indian affairs. Although the delegates approved the plan, neither the colonial governments nor the British supported the proposal.
Sumner was physically attacked by Brooks in Congress because "<span>d. Sumner challenged the Fugitive Slave Act and angered pro-slavery supporters" since he was an avid abolitionist. </span>
They were being discriminated and relocated
