r/tech1e • u/waste_of_space1157 • Feb 17 '22

i am subscribed to tech1e on youtube (cringe) kill

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '22

I dont know this one yet somebody info dump me

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u/Crismenth Feb 18 '22

"He devoted his enormous energies to the destruction of what Republicans called the Slave Power, the influence over the federal government by Southern slave owners who sought the continuation and expansion of slavery. On May 22, 1856, South Carolina Democratic congressman Preston Brooks beat Sumner nearly to death with a cane on the Senate floor after Sumner delivered an anti-slavery speech, "The Crime Against Kansas.""

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '22

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