The Caning of Charles Sumner: Honor, Idealism, and the Origins of the Civil War
4 Witness to History

The Caning of Charles Sumner

Honor, Idealism, and the Origins of the Civil War

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Williamjames Hull Hoffer
Williamjames Hull Hoffer
2010 • 152 pages

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