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New biography examines Preston Brooks, the SC congressman behind an infamous Senate floor beating

New biography examines Preston Brooks, the SC congressman behind an infamous Senate floor beating

by editor | Dec 3, 2025 | Archive, Homepage, Southern Partisan

Nearly 170 years after South Carolina congressman Preston Brooks raised his cane and beat abolitionist Charles Sumner bloody on the Senate floor, the pro-slavery lawmaker behind one of America’s most notorious acts of political violence is getting a full-length...
Une fête française: Lowcountry’s connection to the ‘first’ Thanksgiving

Une fête française: Lowcountry’s connection to the ‘first’ Thanksgiving

by editor | Dec 1, 2025 | Archive, Homepage, Southern Partisan

BEAUFORT — The story of the first Thanksgiving in North America nearly perfectly embodies the truism that history is written by the victors. Representations of the “first” Thanksgiving are rife with English pilgrims and Native Americans celebrating a bountiful harvest...

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