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The American Civil War

In 1860, arguably the world's greatest nation was locked in Civil War. The
war divided the country between the North (Union) and South (Confederate).
The war lasted five years and by 1865 the Confederate forces were truly
beaten. Out of this horrendous war though, where some 600,000 men died grew
a greater sense of nationalism than is today, unrivalled around the world.
The American Civil War is interpreted differently by many historians but
most see the catalyst as slavery, the motivation as economic, the outcome
was a unified national identity.

Slavery was a major issue that triggered the American Civil War. Slavery
started out, as a few individual slaves coming from England that were
generally white. This changed however, and soon the Southern slave traders
began 'stealing' blacks to take back to the South. The slaves were forced
to work 16-hour days, slave women were only seen as breeders and there were
no laws against the rape of a......

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