Go back to North America. Give the colonists some representation in Parliament and a little more ‘freedom’ to rule and re-write laws and economic policies (taxes). This would have appeased some of the revolutionary leaders and most of the common people. This may have led to a diplomatic, not militaristic, resolution to the grievances of the colonies that were eventually written in the Dec. of Indep.
The setting of the poem is strong.
The poem is universal because racism is everywhere.
Hope this helped.
Well I’m no expert with this but you should google 18th century hospitals and see the difference with those to now