In Act I, Scene IV of "Hamlet", by William Shakespeare, the phrases that provide clues that sepulchre means "grave" are option <em>1. canoniz'd bones</em> and <em>2. hearsed in death</em>. Hamlet is with Horatio and Marcellus waiting for the ghost of his father to appear. When it does Hamlet addresses him with these words meaning that his bones were buried in sacred soil.
Southern states started to pass Jim Crow laws after Reconstruction since that was the best way to guarantee the liberated slaves wouldn't affect or adjust Southern culture notwithstanding their rights under the 14 Amendment.
