Yesterday, November 15th, we talked more about the Mexican War and the decisions Congress had to make. Since both slave and free states had equal representation in the Senate, no laws could be passed banning or supporting slavery. Congress couldn't agree on anything until 1850, when they agreed to support the Compromise of 1850 as separate bills; admitting California as a free state, abolishing the slave trade while still allowing slavery in Washington DC, enforcing a harsher fugitive slave law, popular sovereignty in New Mexico and Utah, and smaller Texas debt-free.
Today, November 16th, we looked at a painting of slaves escaping that differed from what we expected, and we talked about Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Stow. Harriet Stow wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin in response to the harsher fugitive slave law, and it is about slaves escaping. We read a chapter of it in class; when one slave named Eliza escaped with her child, and people are trying to catch her.
Daily Words:
Bird-dog: v. to investigate; n. a dog trained and bred to hunt birds; n. a talent-scout
Repugnant: adj. distasteful or offensive; contrary
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