Consider the Excerpt of Paul Lawrence Dunbar's 1895 Poem "The

question 15

Multiple Choice

Consider the excerpt of Paul Lawrence Dunbar's 1895 poem "The Colored Soldiers" that appears at the beginning of Chapter 11.How is the poem reflective of black efforts for the Union during the Civil War?

• A) The poem chastises black men for not doing enough during the war since blacks played a minimal role in the conflict
• B) The poem condemns black men for fighting for the Confederacy, as most blacks did in the war
• C) The poem celebrates the courage of black men to fight for freedom and democracy, as many did during the war
• D) The poem largely ignores black men since blacks largely avoided the Civil War.

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