Georgia Dusk, by Jean Toomer

In Georgia Dusk, by Jean Toomer, amid the 'feasts of moon and men and barking hounds', there's a glimpse at the oppression there was in the south. It explains how after it's evening and the African-Americans can go home, after they've trudged through field after field they've been forced to clear of forest, you can start to see how great their ancestors in Africa were, how even though they are right now slaves or poor free men, they still have the pomp and dignity of their forefathers. You can see the greatness of the African kings, the high priests, the caravans, and the ju-ju men. You can see the wealth and beauty of their homeland through gaps in the trees as the men trudge home through the swamp. You can see all those things that are smothered every day while they are in the sawmill owned by a white man and reappears again after evening falls.