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The American Civil War (1861-1865) between the northern
states, who demanded that slavery be abolished, and the
southern states, who wanted it to continue. The idea of the
superiority of the white race became a casus belli, and for
four years, countrymen were to fight against one another.
Slavery was finally abolished in the United States when the
North emerged victorious.

tween “savages” and the “civilized,” and claims that the latter
will emerge superior. By these totally illusory assumptions, he
prepared the groundwork for the chaos and suffering that
would continue for nearly a century.
A great many Darwinists who came after him treated con-

flict between races as if it were scientific fact. For example,
National Life from the Standpoint of Science by Karl Pearson, a 19th
century evolutionary theorist regarded as a follower of Francis
Galton, is important in revealing contemporaries' view of inter-
racial conflict and the causes behind the new imperialism. Like

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