Sentences with phrase «divisive issue of slavery»

Bound up, as it was, with the urgent and divisive issue of slavery, there was no avoiding the issue — despite the best efforts of even the most agile political types, such as Stephen Douglas.

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But, as slavery was the ongoing divisive issue since the founding of the Republic and until the American Civil War, privatization of public education by charter schools has been an ongoing issue of our day since charter school legislation of the 90s.

Because of the founders» refusal to press for abolition, the slavery question was bequeathed to Abraham Lincoln to solve — and the Civil War illustrated just how divisive the issue was.