During the year 1831 Louis Masur writes that the eclipse on February 12 was well expected but rather than a phenomenon of science he saw it as a metaphor, he had a different view of the significant things happening at this time. The turning point in American history, the events occurring that would lead to the civil war. Slavery, religion, State's rights were problems that could not be avoided anymore. Sequentially the question came to mind if America would be able to survive events like the Trail of tears or the massacre in Virginia as a nation. Masur Writes " The great eclipse of 1831 will be one of the most remarkable that will again be witnessed in the United States for a long course of years". (Masur 3) For the people the most significant
