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Explanation:
think one of the major themes that Douglass is trying to illustrate is that Ignorance is used as a means to perpetuate slavery. You can read about it at the GradeSaver link below. There are many things Douglass relates about this time period. There is the historical context of slavery. He relates Christianity's link with slavery in both a good context as well as the bad. He relates the number of slaves on plantations as well as the haunting melodies of the slaves as they traversed the forests and worked the fields.
•They were granted religious freedom (good)
•they didn’t know how to farm the land (bad)
There’s more but those are two huge ones from when the pilgrims arrived and created the mayflower compact
It's an example of patriotism
they are not be able to get supplies they need and not be able to send cotton anymore
Spain
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