Ritchie Devon Watson Jr : 1 book
Normans and Saxons
Southern Race Mythology and the Intellectual History of the American Civil War
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2008
When Representative Preston Brooks of South Carolina savagely caned Senator Charles Sumner Massachusetts on the floor of the U.S. Senate on May 21, 1856, southerners viewed the attack as a triumphant affirmation of southern chivalry, northerners as a confirmation of southern barbarity. Public opinion...
