Almost all compounds that consist mainly of carbon can be considered organic, the exception being carbides, carbonates, oxides and cyanides, which are excluded for historical reasons.Compounds classified as organic can be further subdivided into specific classes based on their structures and side groups.
When Lincoln accepted the nomination for the Union party for President in June, 1864, he called for the first time for the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, to abolish slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime.
Abraham Lincoln's position on slavery is one of the most discussed issues in American history. Lincoln often expressed moral opposition to slavery in public and private. Initially, he expected to bring about the eventual extinction of slavery by stopping its further expansion into any U.S. territory, and by proposing compensated emancipation in his early presidency. Lincoln stood by the Republican Party's platform of 1860, which stated that slavery should not be allowed to expand into any more t