The declaration of independence included a list of grievances. In one of this, Thomas Jefferson wrote about the abomination that was slavery and condemned it. The Grievance describes slavery as disgraceful, miserable, and as a part of the most disgusting business.
In the Grievance, Jefferson also blames slavery upon King George III. He blames the King for introducing slavery into the Americas. Jefferson wrote: "Those disgraceful practices are the Warfare of the Christian King of Great Britain".
The Hudson River School was a mid-19th-century American art movement by a group of landscape painters, whose aesthetic vision was influenced by romanticism and luminism. Their paintings depict the Hudson River Valley and the surrounding area, as well as the Catskill Mountains, Adirondack Mountains, and White Mountains of New Hampshire. Note that "school" in this sense refers to a group of people whose outlook, inspiration, output, or style demonstrates a common thread, rather than a learning institution.
It seems that you have missed the necessary details for us to answer this question, so I had to look for it. So here is the answer. What makes Hecate's speech stand out from the speech of other characters is that, she speaks in rhyme. Hope this answers your question.
Judith Ortiz Cofer titled her poem "Common Ground" because it represents her life and her common ground in a sense.
Yes because the Civil War, in the words of President Abraham Lincoln, brought to America "a new birth of freedom." And during the war began the nation's efforts to come to terms with the destruction of slavery and to define the meaning of freedom.