Today we watched another part of the "God In America" series, which focused on religion during the era of the Civil War.
It explained how even before the Civil War, religion was splitting the North and South, strictly on the basis of slavery. Both sides believed that God was on their side, and that caused the anti-Slave North and the pro-Slave South to grow apart.
The Methodists, which was the biggest Religion at the time (thanks to Revivals being so popular during the Manifest Destiny) was one of the first to be conflicted during this time. The Abolitionist wanted the current Bishop of the time to step down because he had owned a slave. On the other end of the spectrum the pro-slave church members threatened to leave the Church. After holding a vote, the anti-Slave members prevailed and had the Bishop step down. Because of this, the Southern pro-slave supporters left and many Religious groups followed down the same path soon after.
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