Difference between revisions of "HIST 131--Week 11 Questions/Comments"
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What exactly were the “pens in the woods” that the farmer refers to in this piece? Were they common? ~Kristen Lonsdorf | What exactly were the “pens in the woods” that the farmer refers to in this piece? Were they common? ~Kristen Lonsdorf | ||
| − | I am a little confused as to how the farmer actually feels about African-Americans. He seems sorry for them and their conditions but at the same time, seems to want nothing to do with them if they are freed. Were these sentiments and this confusion common? ~Kristen Lonsdorf | + | I am a little confused as to how the farmer actually feels about African-Americans. He seems sorry for them and their conditions but at the same time, seems to want nothing to do with them if they are freed. Were these sentiments and this confusion common? ~Kristen Lonsdorf~ |
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| + | The very fact that the north sent journalists/reporters down to the south to try and figure out what exactly was going on just further reinforces how disconnected the north and south really were. It’s like they were two totally separate countries. Did journalists use the information (that Frederick Law Olmsted obtained from the farmers) against the south? If so, was this their primary purpose- to use information against the south? Were they like…spies almost? In other words, what was really the point in traveling all the way to the south (or north for that matter)? I know they gained a lot of direct insight as to what was going on, but I guess my question is- what exactly did they do with that insight most of the time? | ||
| + | ~Megan Tisdelle~ | ||
