The photo is of U.S. Senator Charles Sumner, being attacked in the Senate, by a pro-slavery advocate Rep. Preston Brooks of South Carolina in reaction to his speech, "The Crime Against Kansas: The Apologies for the Crime; The True Remedy". The injuries Sumner sustained in the attacked disabled him from duty from May 1856 - December 1859.
The photo and explanation are both from an absolutely brilliant website I came across with more slavery related links, sites and information than most humans would be able to get through in a lifetime. The Website is called: medicolegal.tripod.com/slaveryillegal.htm#millionskilled. [Click Link Below]
Slavery was Illegal
CLICK HERE for the "Daddy" site, that also has more information than you can shake your brain to.
But this site contains much more information on Slavery than legal citation. There are links to books, fiction and non. As well as personal letters of abolitionist, arguments, important events, quotations, and a vast synthesis of information and cross-sections of various individuals in the struggle, their influences, references and works. Of course, for all of this, there is a bibliography with even more links.
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