What were the political and social issues during Ralph Waldo Emerson's time?

was born
in 1803 and died in 1882. Thus, he lived through a period of major social and political turmoil,
perhaps more than any other time in American history. He witnessed the course of the Market
Revolution, the rapid territorial expansion of the United States, and the rise of industry in
the wake of the Civil War. But by far the most significant social and political turmoil in the
nation during his life was related to slavery, the issue that tore the nation apart and led to
the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861.

Like most Transcendentalists,
Emerson...

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