The Silk Road began as a way for countries to trade things such as Silk, Horses, Nephrite Jade, Lapis Lazuli, Spinel, etc...
There is no excerpt given but the central idea here is that there is a great injustice being done to African Americans. They endured much and suffered under the yoke of slavery. They will fight to abolish this evil that is destroying both African American as well as White Americans.
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