How Did Whitman Divided America

The year is 1865, A country is divided by war and rage. The ideas of freedom and liberty are defended by the Union army and the ideals of slavery and inequality are fought for by the Confederate army. One country, one people, two sides, against one another. The United States, a country that was founded on the idea of freedom and equality for all, is now fighting to keep that same idea, only this time the enemy is itself. Many Americans during the 19th century were fighting either to keep slavery or see all as equal.
It is difficult for a person nowadays to picture such a division but thanks to many writers, historians and storytellers we can gain a deeper understanding of what life was like then. People such like famous American poet Walt

For example we were first kids then became teenagers all before we entered adulthood another example would be that before our education we were not wise. So in theory anyone we all have the opportunity to be who we aspire to be, regardless of our age and education. To put this in an historical context, we can argue that Whitman claimed this because of the racial and economical differences that divided the country. Many Americans during this time period believed in slavery and that black people were inferior because the color of their skin and education level, they believed it so much that there was a fake science created to degrade diminish the African-Americans. However many other Americans believed in freedom for all, despite their race, age, ethnicity or gender. Walt Whitman was one of these Americans, a humanitarian that believed in equality and freedom for all, he expressed this in Section 16; “I resist anything better than my own

During the 19th century the American people did not have the technology to fully enjoy and take advantage of the landscape but the beautiful scenery was still there. “At home in the fleet of ice boats, sailing with the rest and tacking, at home in the hills of Vermont or in the woods of Maine, or in the Texan ranch, comrade of Californians, comrade of free North-Western, (loving their big proportions).” In this portion of the poem Walt depicts the natural diversity that makes up the geographical landscape that makes America so unique and