to highlight the contradiction between the Declaration of Independence and slavery
I don't see anything. Can you please post the quotations so I can at least try to help you?<span />
The likely meaning of Elysian Fields when used figuratively is most likely that it is a <span>state of perfect satisfaction. This is because it is essentially a graveyard for people who lived righteous lives.</span>
It is a verb; specifically, an intransitive verb