Despite evidence of their innocence, juries convicted the Scottsboro Boys in each trial because they were black boys said to have raped white women. If Jem had known about them, he wouldn't have been optimistic because he would've realized the pattern of the outcomes. #BcdsHist8
The triangular trade was trade routes in the shape of a triangle that brought or traded things to each place, such as Europe, Africa, and the Americas. #BCDSHist7