b. Slavery and abolitionism
Slavery was fundamental in dividing America and causing conflicts between North and South which ultimately led to the Civil War.The actions of the abolitionists - men and women who wanted to end slavery - further inflamed the tensions between North and South.This photos of a whipped slave named Gordon was taken at Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1863.The image was mass-produced and used as abolitionist propaganda
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