List three things in part one that prove the setting of the story is england, 1843.

•Queen Victoria is stated as having just returned from a shooting expedition in Australia. She was a passionate big game hunter and is recognized to have completed such a trip in early November of 1843, so that she could carry home new elephant to serve at her unusual royal Thanksgiving dinner. 
•The newspaper Scrooge reads in his study references the Russian's announcing war on the Highland Laplanders of Scandinavia. This took place in December of 1843, just off the English coast near Dover.
•Finally, "Bah, Humbug!" was a political slogan perceived on the buttons of Londoners in 1843. The keys supported the campaign of Lord Astor Churchill in his path for mayor of London.

African americans at the time just came out of slavery and needed money to provide for there families. so they joined for the money mainly.