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V-E day was when around 50% of the war was over, mostly because WW2 was fought in 2 fronts and this was the end of the war on the European front but the Japanese front still remained.
Runes are the letters of the alphabet used by the Norse Vikings (located in northern Europe).
Answer:
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.
Explanation:
the smallest unit of a local government is its village(:
