Another situation was the raid at Harpers Ferry. ... Lee. ... Virginia had long been undecided about which side to join. ... When the Civil War began, about 22 million people lived in the North. ... The South had only about 1 million white men from 15 through 40. ...
The jurors didn't care about the boy's age and his family - most of them only wanted him to be sent to the electric chair because he was a foreigner who also lives in one of the worst parts of town. ... African Americans make up 12% of the U.S. population, but they comprise about half of all prison inmates and 40% of those sentenced to death. ... " I peeked at Jem: his hands were white from gripping the balcony rail, and his shoulders jerked as if each "guilty" was a separate stab between them" (Lee 282). ...
