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This Episode:
Today, we are lucky to be joined again by /u/freedsmenspatrol! He is here to talk to us about about the entire history of the assault on Charles Sumner on the senate floor on May 22, 1856. He also give a detailed account of the events leading up to the caning, including episodes from the battle over the Fugitive Slave Act so a listener can understand how events lead up to the Civil War. It will give us an amazing background and history of a really important moment in american history. This is a really gripping and narrative podcast, and definitely shines as a great episode to listen to or to recommend to friends interested in the topic, which please do!
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I'm so mad this is the first time I'm hearing about this
Hello Listeners! I am the loudmouth who talks about Sumner and I am here if you have questions. But first, here's a rerun of the megapost that started this all which expands on what I said and goes into a few things that I neglected once I got up to steam. You know how it is, you get going talking about a historical event and the world falls away. It has a momentum all its own and nineteenth century masculinity theater takes over the conversation. Happens to everyone. ^Right?
Anywho, the posts are long so they follow this. If you enjoy any of that, there's more of me around the sub and also at my blog. I promise the blog isn't usually six walls of text in a row. I only write five days a week.
Awh, c'mon /u/AnnalsPornographie! You can't open by mentioning /u/freedmenspatrol's epic six-part post without also linking it here for us! :D
Really looking forward to this episode. Thank you, as always, for the incredible work you put in. :)
I enjoyed it a lot. My one criticism is that there was too much detail about Brooks' exact movements prior to the attack - where he had been lying in wait, etc - which seemed to me to be not very important. I appreciate that this would be the kind of information the Congressional investigation would focus on though.
A meta question: I saw you guys went on Spotify
https://twitter.com/askhistorians/status/928654830092128257
What restrictions came with that?
Have you fixed the audio quality yet? I remember listening to an episode not long ago and the guest's audio quality was so bad I had to stop listening.