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Was the Brooks-Sumner incident a direct result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act and Bleeding Kansas or did it more accurately reflect the sectionalist and cultural division between the northern and southern United States In his speech, Sumner used graphic depictions of violence, calling the situation in Kansas the r.a.p.e of a virgin territory and slavery in Kansas the hideous offspring of the crime. However, Sumner did not limit himself to attacking the South or slavery, he made his attack personal. First, he went after Stephen Douglas of Illinois, calling him a ''squat and nameless animal'' for his role in leading the Senate's Democrats.
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