Question

What does this mean “Late land of slavery”

Answer 1

Answer:

The late land of slavery is a poem.It talks about what slavery was like and the poem - goes like My country tis of thee,

Late land of slavery,

        Of thee I sing.

Land where my father’s pride

Slept where my mother died,

From every mountain side

        Let freedom ring!

My native country thee

Land of the slave set free,

        Thy fame I love.

I love thy rocks and rills

And o’er thy hate which chills,

My heart with purpose thrills,

        To rise above.

Let laments swell the breeze

And wring from all the trees

         Sweet freedom’s song.

Let laggard tongues awake,

Let all who hear partake,

Let Southern silence quake,

        The sound prolong.

Our fathers’ God to thee

Author of Liberty,

        To thee we sing

Soon may our land be bright,

With Freedom’s happy light

Protect us by Thy might,

        Great God our King.

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Answer 2

Answer: These changes fit within the framework and maintain the rhythm of the original song as is clear from the opening lines:

My country tis of thee,

Late land of slavery,

Of thee I sing.

The poem continues in this vein of the dissident singer claiming this country as his and praising its natural beauty and the steps toward freedom it has taken in abolishing slavery. It also changes key terms to urge continued progress on issues of racial justice, an emphasis that comes through clearly in the last verse with the word “soon” replacing the word “long.”

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