They watched the spectacle of whites marching away to war and the attendant fear of wives and mothers, people whom the slaves, in many cases, knew intimately; and they saw the grief that exploded when those same soldiers came home mangled or were sent home dead.
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It has been 155 years. Slavery was abolished in the year 1865.
It's irony because Fortunato's name means fortunate and he ends up in an unfortunate situation.
A. He Balanced the national budget
C. He supported welfare reform bill
