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Today in History: Southern Congressman Beats Northern Senator with a Cane (1856)
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Today in History: Southern Congressman Beats Northern Senator with a Cane (1856)

April 12, 1861 may have been the official start of the American Civil War, but in reality, the tensions between the Northern anti-slavery movement and the Southern pro-slavery movement had been brewing…

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