How does knowing that this story takes place after the
Civil War affect the way the reader sees George's threat?

It makes the threat more serious because, although slavery has ended, George has more rights than Mitchell does.

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explanation:

aids

answer: in 1900, there were no "workplace safety laws"!

explanation: at the beginning of this century, workers in the united states faced remarkably high health and safety risks on the job.

a century ago in 1900 about three hundred out of every one hundred thousand miners were killed on the job each year.

[industria] developments occurred within a legal and regulatory climate that diminished employer’s interest in safety. as a result, americans developed production methods that were both highly productive and often very dangerous.