PLEASE SOMEONE HELP ME
1. To what the phrases ¨the dark past,¨ the ¨stony¨ road, and the ¨way that with tears has been watered¨ refer?
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2. What do you think Johnson means by the lines, ¨Have not our weary feet / Come to the place for which our fathers sighed?¨
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3. What does the song tell you about the religious beliefs of some African Americans at the time?
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4. How would you compare the tone of Johnson's poem with the work of Wharton and Fitzergreald?