Discussion Question 1:
How does Jacobs describe the way even
the younger members of white slaveholders households were corrupted by the
influence of slavery? (Chapter IX.)
Discussion Question 2:
Why did Jacobs percieve the racism in England as weaker or less present than that in the United States? (Chapter XXXVII.)
Fact:
The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 (mentioned by Jacobs in Chapter XL) was a
law that required runaway slaves to be returned to their masters upon
capture in all the northern states. It was part of the Compromise of
1850 passed by the Congress, which led to a four year reduction of
the sectional conflict.
This compromise also contained laws abolishing the slave trade in Washington, D.C., as well as granting California admission to the Union as a free state. In Utah and New Mexico, territorial governments were established, and a boundary dispute between the latter and Texas was settled. (http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/Compromise1850.html; 05/07/2013.)
This compromise also contained laws abolishing the slave trade in Washington, D.C., as well as granting California admission to the Union as a free state. In Utah and New Mexico, territorial governments were established, and a boundary dispute between the latter and Texas was settled. (http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/Compromise1850.html; 05/07/2013.)
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