In the first stanza, the speaker describes the soul shutting a door, an image of the was strongly influenced by puritan religious beliefs <span>but Dickinson </span>did<span> not accept ... The lines might mean that the Soul is shutting her “</span>divine<span> Majority” inside with ... </span>they<span> will not be more interested in worldly </span>possessions<span> than </span>they<span> are in </span>God<span>.</span>
Fugitive Slave Act<span> of 1793 was a Federal </span>law<span> which was written with the intent to enforce Article 4, Section 2 of the United States Constitution, which required the return of runaway </span>slaves<span>. It sought to force the authorities in free states to return </span>fugitive slaves<span>to their masters.</span>
A slave is a person that belongs to another one and is treated as property. Serfs, I'm not so sure about this now, were renting the land out from the landowners.
The Annapolis Convention delegates agreed to meet again to amend the Articles of Confederation<span>. The Annapolis delegates created the new Constitution to replace the Articles.</span>
Japan aggressively expanded the territories under its influence, taking over parts of China, invading territories claimed by the Soviet Union, and fighting across the Pacific during World War II.
