Moby Dick | Compare and Contrast

  • 1850s: Whaling is a largely unregulated business. American whalers are free to sail the open seas, and to hunt for whales in any waters.

    Today: In 1986 member nations of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) vote to ban commercial whaling. Some nations, including Norway and Japan, continue to slaughter whales.

  • 1850s: Americans continue to move west. The population of the northern states exceeds the population of the south by one million. Slaveholding states seek to expand their influence in the...

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