The "drinking gourd" of the song refers
a. the shape of chesapeake
b. the constellation of the big dipper
c. a code phrase for the "thirst for freedom
d. the fact that safe houses were marked by a gourd by the door

the answer is a. laws were enacted in the aftermath of the plot to make it harder to free slaves,increasing sectionalism

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for hobos it was a very hard time most hid on the sides of the railroad tracks causing people to get bulls and get them off sometimes causing in fatal death they couldnt get people to give them money because the   people were also in need of money