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Emotions Boil Over, 1856

Arguments of The Chivalry, by Winslow Homer, 1856.

Arguments of The Chivalry, by Winslow Homer, 1856.

 

Arguments of The Chivalry, by Winslow Homer, 1856

Here, Representative Preston Brooks prepares to assault Senator Charles Sumner in May 1856. Brooks’s colleague warns bystanders not to interfere.

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