- Identify the irony within the following statement: "The Confederate states of the south had the freedom to oppress a race of people prior to the 13th Amendment."

I think it's because they used the word freedom, but still want to oppress a race?

Explanation:

The words freedom and oppress contradict each other, because they are opposites, if the south truly had freedom then they wouldn't oppress someone bc of their race. (hope this helped ^^)

b. both have yearned to escape the environment they experienced as a child.

they fear for their lives