Question
In 1856 Massachusetts Senator Charles Sumner delivered a raucous, rowdy anti-slavery speech in the Senate. He accused South Carolina senator Andrew Butler of taking "a mistress...who, though ugly to others, is always lovely to him; though polluted in the sight of the world, is chaste in his sight--I mean, the harlot, Slavery!"
Representative Preston Brooks, also from South Carolina, decided to defend Butler's honor. That evening, he went to the Senate and found Sumner doing paperwork. Brooks snuck up behind him and beat Senator Sumner with the metal tip of his cane, for a minute or more, until Sumner was bleeding. In the days that followed, both men became heroes in their respective regions.
Who or what was Senator Butler’s “mistress,” according to Senator Sumner?
A
a female slave
B
Representative Preston Brooks
C
slavery itself
D
another senator’s wife
Representative Preston Brooks, also from South Carolina, decided to defend Butler's honor. That evening, he went to the Senate and found Sumner doing paperwork. Brooks snuck up behind him and beat Senator Sumner with the metal tip of his cane, for a minute or more, until Sumner was bleeding. In the days that followed, both men became heroes in their respective regions.
Who or what was Senator Butler’s “mistress,” according to Senator Sumner?
A
a female slave
B
Representative Preston Brooks
C
slavery itself
D
another senator’s wife
Answers
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Senator Butler’s “mistress,” according to Senator Sumner, was **C. slavery itself**.