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9a) Can you locate Egg Harbor and Columbia on the map?

How close are these places to where you live? Walking distance? Driving distance?

Do you think that if you were alive during the 1860s, you would have come into contact withthe author of the poem?

Do you think you may have seen the songsheet with Blackman's poem?

How might this encounter have occured?

What would you do or say if you met the author of the poem?

Would you have shared the poem with anyone? Why or why not?

9b) How are these places described in the context of the poem? Identify the verses that describe these New Jersey areas.

Based on the geography of the area described, what might you speculate about the occupation and/or lifestyle of the author?