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#145- Shelby Foote's The Civil War Part 1

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The South Wants More Slavery

The south wants slave holding to be expanded into the new territories, because if it is not, then they will end up being voted out of the senate and t house. The anti slavery massachusetts senator charles sumner had his head broken by congressman preston brooks of south carolina. Southern sympathizers sent brooks walking sticks by the dozen,. recommending their use on other abolitionists through the years of summers comvalesset, Massachusetts. Let his desk stand empty as a reproach to southern hotheads. And at enahy stood by and watched him bleed.

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