How can we call this a free country when we allow one man to own another?” the North asked the South. By this time, the South depended on its slaves. If Southerners freed their slaves, how would they be able to make a living? There was no easy answer to this question.
讀到這裏，稍事停頓。我問她，怎麽看待這個難以解答的問題。
她想了一會兒，說：“我覺得，不應該有奴隸。”
“嗯。那麽，為什麽會有奴隸呢？”
“因為南方有很多的大農場，種這種那的，too much work to do。有了奴隸，才有足夠多的人在這些農場幹活兒。”
“那麽北方呢？”
“書上不是說了麽？北方天氣太冷，種不了cotton and tobacco，沒有大農場。”
“很好。咱們繼續讀書。”
接下來，課本就講到了密蘇裏妥協案：
As new states were added from the territories, a new argument arose. Should the states be admitted as free states, or should they be added as slave states?
Why did this turn into an argument? Remember that each state has two representatives in the Senate. If there were more slave states, the Senate would be more careful to look out for the slave states. However, if the free states controlled the Senate, it would be more interested in the free states. To keep both the free and slave states happy, there had to be an equal number of free and slave states.
In 1819, both Maine and Missouri were asking to become states. Maine would enter as a free state. To keep the Senate equal, Missouri would have to be admitted as a slave state. The people who lived in Missouri, however, did not agree. Some wanted to own slaves while some where against it.
Finally, in 1821, Congress admitted Missouri as a slave state, but only after a compromise was made. Since Missouri was to become a slave state, no other states north of an established boundary line could enter the Union as slave states. This decision was called the Missouri Compromise.
請你們不用那麽激動，打抱不平會顯得有點弱，為什麽不優雅一些呢？
搞不懂我哪裏有“輕佻的判斷，批評，勸解”。
我一直跟讀作者的所有文章，自認對她的故事不是“一知半解”。
And I didn' t make any so-called statement,it is just personal opinion. You have used the wrong word.
我很喜歡作者的孩子們，他們是那麽可愛，聰明。我也希望並願望作者的選擇是正確的。作為母親，都希望自己的孩子和別人的孩子都好。不是嗎？
有些人隻是不喜歡看見和聽見別人反對的不同的觀點，在這點上，作者的氣度看來比你要好太多。
How can we call this a free country when we allow one man to own another?” the North asked the South. By this time, the South depended on its slaves. If Southerners freed their slaves, how would they be able to make a living? There was no easy answer to this question.
讀到這裏，稍事停頓。我問她，怎麽看待這個難以解答的問題。
她想了一會兒，說：“我覺得，不應該有奴隸。”
“嗯。那麽，為什麽會有奴隸呢？”
“因為南方有很多的大農場，種這種那的，too much work to do。有了奴隸，才有足夠多的人在這些農場幹活兒。”
“那麽北方呢？”
“書上不是說了麽？北方天氣太冷，種不了cotton and tobacco，沒有大農場。”
“很好。咱們繼續讀書。”
接下來，課本就講到了密蘇裏妥協案：
As new states were added from the territories, a new argument arose. Should the states be admitted as free states, or should they be added as slave states?
Why did this turn into an argument? Remember that each state has two representatives in the Senate. If there were more slave states, the Senate would be more careful to look out for the slave states. However, if the free states controlled the Senate, it would be more interested in the free states. To keep both the free and slave states happy, there had to be an equal number of free and slave states.
In 1819, both Maine and Missouri were asking to become states. Maine would enter as a free state. To keep the Senate equal, Missouri would have to be admitted as a slave state. The people who lived in Missouri, however, did not agree. Some wanted to own slaves while some where against it.
Finally, in 1821, Congress admitted Missouri as a slave state, but only after a compromise was made. Since Missouri was to become a slave state, no other states north of an established boundary line could enter the Union as slave states. This decision was called the Missouri Compromise.
