In the Plateau tribes, it was unique that women were respected and enjoyed general equality with men in economic, domestic, religious, and political spheres
I believe it means back when slavery was around most of the African Americans were in the South and most of them tried to escape but couldn’t. So therefore it’s sayin that since they left and when the civil war ended and all that and when slavery was abolished the South was their home now, and so that’s why today African Americans live mostly in the South.
The snake represents sedition bills scaring/hurting the people of the United States and it’s telling us that the kids are basically helpless in fighting back. The characteristic that helped me figure it out are the kids with sticks as their only weapon of defense
I need food but I’m too lazy to get some