Why did the two major political parties, the whigs and the democrats, both strive mightily to keep the most important problem facing america, slavery, out of national political discussion?

How did disease impact the human death toll during this time period? disease killed more people than combat during this time. disease steadily increased as the war hospitals were attacked. improvements in medical technology decreased illness overall. disease was a small but significant contributor to deaths at this time.

“i now wished for the last friend, death, to relieve me.” what is equiano referring to?

What ideas, institution, and causes became the focal points of chinese and islamic resistance respectively to the west in the latter half of 19th century and the first decades of the 20th