Finally, I did get across. Late one night me and my wife went. I
had gone back to the plantation to get her. Mr. Rankins had him a
bell by this time, along with the light. We were rowin and rowin.
We could see the light and hear that bell, but it seemed we
weren't getting any closer. It took forever, it seemed. That was
because we were so scared and it was so dark and we knew we
could get caught and never get gone.
Well, we did get there. We pulled up there and went on to
freedom. It was only a few months before all the slaves was
freed
We didn't stay on at Ripley. We went on to Detroit because
wasn't takin any chances. I have children and grandchildren now.
Well, you know, the bigger ones don't care so much to hear about
those times. But the little ones, well, they never get tired of hearin
how their grandpa brought emancipation to loads of slaves he
could touch and feel in the dark but never ever see.
Why does the narrator feel as though he is
rowing for a long time?
The river is wider than usual.
The bell is broken.
The wind is blowing against him.
He is scared, and it is dark

- "the civil rights movements"

- "following the american civil war and abolition of slavery, the united states entered a period known as reconstruction, during which black americans continued to suffer from disenfranchisement, racial segregation, and economic oppression. beginning in the early 1950's, black americans launched a series of major campaigns of civil resistance, emphasizing the need for nonviolent protests and civil disobedience."

"such as the montgomery bus boycott of 1955-56, a campaign launched by rosa parks against the policy of racial segregation of the public transit system in alabama. “sit-ins” became popular across the american south, particularly in greensboro, north carolina, increase national sentiment."

- "the counterculture movement"

- "counterculture began to develop in the united states following the rise of conformity in american culture during the 1950s. by 1963, youth, particularly those of the white middle class, began rejecting the cultural standards and normality of their parents, opting for progressive attitudes instead. the movement gained momentum as the civil rights movement became increasingly successful and as the u.s. military intervention of vietnam began to take a negative turn."

"hippie counterculture moved further into popular culture following the summer of love in 1967 when thousands of people came together in the haight-ashbury neighborhood of san francisco. along with greenwich village in new york city, haight-ashbury became a hub for the counterculture movement."

the dominoes began to fall. the surrender at appomattox took place a week later on april 9. while it was the most significant surrender to take place during the civil war, gen. robert e. lee, the confederacy's most respected commander, surrendered only his army of northern virginia to union gen. ulysses s. grant

explanation:

a) the colonists began to see themselves as different from people in britain.

it may be touching on the issue of over sexualizing all women