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LEE by LUCILLE CLIFTON

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First Line: MY MOTHER'S PEOPLE
Last Line: Chaining his mother to lee
Subject(s): AFRICAN AMERICANS; FATHERS; GENERALS; LEE, ROBERT EDWARD (1807-1870); SLAVERY; SOUTHERN STATES; VIRGINIA (STATE); NEGROES; AMERICAN BLACKS; SERFS; SOUTH (U.S.);
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https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Collected_Poems_of_Lucille_Clifton_1/Oy1aDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=clifton+%22My+mother%27s+people%22&pg=PT513&printsec=frontcover


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