South Carolina Congressman who attacked a northern Senator on the Senate Floor
Preston Brooks
Espoused the mudsill theory in a series of essays entitled Sociology for the South and Cannibals All! He believed that slavery was the natural condition of society and that free labor harmed America
George Fitzhugh
Missouri Senator who argued passionately for Missouri supporters of slavery to flood into Kansas to influence the voting there in favor of slavery
David Atchison
Served as territorial governor of Kansas during the Lecompton controversy and recommended that the president not acknowledge the constitution.
Robert Walker
Spoke on the Senate floor to say that proslavery senators had embraced a harlot, slavery. He was caned and seriously injured as a result.
Charles Sumner
President who, after much dithering, supported the Lecompton Constitution
James Buchanan
First Republican candidate for the presidency
John C. Fremont
Former president who ran for the presidency as a Know-Nothing
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