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In Maya Angelou’s poem “Caged Bird,” what does the cage represent?

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jim crow laws

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although african americans were freed from slavery they were still held back do to segregation. the jim crow laws made it legal to have "whites only" water fountains or public buildings

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It represents slavery.
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