Green recounts the night that the Klan killed his father and mother, then re-emerges later in the story as the reader begins to realize that Captain McBane had taken part in Klan activities that degraded and might have even killed many innocent Blacks. ... While on a much lighter note, the third and final demonstration of discrimination and hatred towards the black community of Wilmington (Wellington), the separate car rule, allows us to see the concept of de jure segregation in action. ...
As he is only able to see her less than half a dozen times in his life, and even then only when she comes at night, when she dies, he "received the tidings of her death with much the same emotions I should have probably felt at the death of a stranger." ... The role of song within the slave community was an important one to note when discussing slavery in America. ...