The author describes the typical childhood that most Americans in the past. Honky was able to experience the segregation rules when he asked if he can call the infant of a black couple as his sister. He saw that the world was not as safe as his parents told him.
"Freed from history" means that Mura's father was freed from being a slave, he was not ruled by the colony anymore. He was not a part of the history anymore.
<u>Explanation:</u>
"Freed from history" means that Mura said that his father was not a part of the history anymore which was all about the slaves, which was all about being ruled by the colonies. His father was freed now from being a slave.
Someone can be tied to History or freed from it when someone is not a part of any of the event that might have happened in the past. He or she can be tied or freed when there is no impact also of the events that have happened in the past.
It’s all about your attitude fake it till you make it type of thing
The Chinese used water routes and silk could not travel over water.
The Mongols were devastating Chinese territory at this time and the trade routes to sea were dangerous. There was still a high demand for silk, but overland took longer
