We turned to go, but then Miz Thomas said, "That Mitchell, he done somethin'? He in trouble?" "We just want to talk to him, Edna," Hammond assured her. Still, though, as we rode away, I saw Miz Thomas frown, and young as I was, I knew she was worried. She was worried because my brothers had come. My brothers had come asking about Mitchell, and my brothers were white. —The Land, Mildred D. Taylor Based on the novel’s historical context, what causes Miz Thomas to frown? She believes that Hammond really does just want to ask about Mitchell. She is sure that Mitchell has done something wrong and she will need to discipline him. She knows that white boys would not normally be looking for her son.

Read the excerpt below and answer the question. and though we well know that this assembly elected by the people for the ordinary purposes of legislation only, have no power to restrain the acts of succeeding assemblies constituted with powers equal to our own, and that therefore to declare this act irrevocable would be of no effect in law; yet we are free to declare, and do declare that the rights hereby asserted, are of the natural rights of mankind, and that if any act shall be hereafter passed to repeal the present or to narrow its operation, such act will be an infringement of natural right. in at least 100 words, explain what jefferson says here about the revocability of laws and what that means for his virginia statute for religious freedom.