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.
读到这里，稍事停顿。我问她，怎么看待这个难以解答的问题。
她想了一会儿，说：“我觉得，不应该有奴隶。”
“嗯。那么，为什么会有奴隶呢？”
“因为南方有很多的大农场，种这种那的，too much work to do。有了奴隶，才有足够多的人在这些农场干活儿。”
“那么北方呢？”
“书上不是说了么？北方天气太冷，种不了cotton and tobacco，没有大农场。”
“很好。咱们继续读书。”
接下来，课本就讲到了密苏里妥协案：
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.
请你们不用那么激动，打抱不平会显得有点弱，为什么不优雅一些呢？
搞不懂我哪里有“轻佻的判断，批评，劝解”。
我一直跟读作者的所有文章，自认对她的故事不是“一知半解”。
And I didn' t make any so-called statement,it is just personal opinion. You have used the wrong word.
我很喜欢作者的孩子们，他们是那么可爱，聪明。我也希望并愿望作者的选择是正确的。作为母亲，都希望自己的孩子和别人的孩子都好。不是吗？
有些人只是不喜欢看见和听见别人反对的不同的观点，在这点上，作者的气度看来比你要好太多。
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.
读到这里，稍事停顿。我问她，怎么看待这个难以解答的问题。
她想了一会儿，说：“我觉得，不应该有奴隶。”
“嗯。那么，为什么会有奴隶呢？”
“因为南方有很多的大农场，种这种那的，too much work to do。有了奴隶，才有足够多的人在这些农场干活儿。”
“那么北方呢？”
“书上不是说了么？北方天气太冷，种不了cotton and tobacco，没有大农场。”
“很好。咱们继续读书。”
接下来，课本就讲到了密苏里妥协案：
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.
