It depends on which war you're referring to. I feel that the answer you're looking for is the radio, though.
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A third of all banks failed. 1 Unemployment rose to 25%, and homelessness increased. 2 Housing prices plummeted 67%, international trade collapsed by 65%, and deflation soared above 10%.
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I believe he means that from slavery they gradually got their way to freedom.
It was a long hard walk that they didn't deserve they were taken from their home country and sold for free labor. So he is also saying that the thing that is away from slavery that they all yearn for.
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