Trail/EOTO Reaction

   

     Both the trail and EOTO presentations were executed very well. It was incredibly interesting to hear about pro and anti slavery arguments in very different ways. The mock trial allowed for students to create their own arguments for both sides and almost pretend to be an attorney back in the 1820s and 1830s. The EOTO was almost lecture styled. Students would create presentations and teach their peers about events that both helped and hindered African Americans during the civil war. 

    One of the trial arguments that was very strong and really stuck out to me was the "victim blaming" argument. This was a side to the trial process that I was very familiar with; however, I was not familiar with this style being used in a trial over the debate about slaves rights. I felt that this form of argument really relates to recent cases. 

    A topic in the EOTO lectures, that was interesting to learn about, was the Missouri Compromise. I had briefly written about the Missouri Compromise in my historical overview, but it was cool to learn about it a little more in depth. The Missouri Compromise really hindered African American slaves because it gave the state of Missouri the freedom to become a slave state. While it stated that Maine was a free state, it started a major sectional antagonism  between the northern and southern states in the U.S.