William C. C. Claiborne, Governor of Louisiana — Photo Credit: By Unattributed - Early 19th century painting, via Louisiana.gov, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2583272
Jean Lafitte — Photo Credit: By Anonymous - Rosenberg Library, Galveston, Texas, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3417753
Caning of Charles Sumner — Lithograph of Preston Brooks' 1856 attack on Sumner; the artist depicts the faceless assailant bludgeoning Sumner Photo Credit: Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=456789
Caning of Charles Sumner
Lithograph of Preston Brooks' 1856 attack on Sumner; the artist depicts the faceless assailant bludgeoning Sumner
Charles Sumner — Photo Credit: By Mathew Brady - Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1349933
Preston S. Brooks — Representative in Congress of the U.S. from South Carolina Photo Credit: By Created by Adam B. Walter (1820-1875) - Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3210824
Preston S. Brooks
Representative in Congress of the U.S. from South Carolina
Douglass argued against John Brown's plan to attack the arsenal at Harpers Ferry — Photo Credit: By Jacob Lawrence - Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=17073397