Sentences with phrase «divided over slavery»

As president, he led a nation divided over slavery.

He serve time overseas as a minister to Russia and great Britain As president, he lead a nation divided over slavery.

This Lincoln does not prophesy an incontrovertible march towards the fulfillment of our preordained destiny; he sees a country, instead, torn by war and divided over slavery, a country that through any means necessary — even means that may seem anathema to the American project — must persist in moving closer to the ideal realization of itself.

The Churches of America could not be held together when the nation was divided over slavery.

Protestantism in America was capable of producing a new spirit in missions and reform, but it could not hold the Churches together when the nation was divided over slavery.

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Race is a political grouping created to support slavery and colonialism, and its boundary lines have shifted over time and across nations to suit political ends... For the last three centuries, science... has been instrumental in justifying the concept of biological races — and this century's genomic science is no different... Despite the scientific and political evidence, some scientists are attempting to modernize the myth that race is a biological category... What's new is that today's racial science claims to divide human beings into natural groups with more accurate precision and without the taint of racism.»

A clash between North and South and the national divide over race, slavery, and the economy, the war altered American history and, while much more grave, in many ways echoes the current climate and contention in the United States.