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Self Satisfaction Among African Americans Second Line Analysis

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The second line expresses a sense of self satisfaction among African Americans, by the action of taking justice with their own hands because they may feel as if there is no other choice. He also expresses how even though the emancipation act in 1863 aimed to set free all slaves, Africans have never truly been felt free of society.

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