Freedom of speech means to freely give out your opinions with no punishments
Black and white cultures developed separately from each other, the separation created a stigma for either race toward the other, as a subject of the taboo. There was a constant tension, a relationship that bred whites to feel superior and blacks to feel inferior. It also heavily affected literature, music, and art for both races - leading to "White Man's Burden", "Uncle Tom's Cabin", as well as the explosion of new styles of music coming from the black newly freedmen/women of the south. It was a terrible and but extremely influential and creative period for black culture. :)
The hands of his lord and promised to keep the faith and loyalty to his lord against all others. ... He showed his loyalty by serving in his lord's army. What did the lord give to the vassal for his loyalty? The lord granted him a fief