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In lizzie bright and the buckminster boy, how does the time period of 1912 contribute to the main conflict in the novel?

shipping was a new industry to the united states at that time period.
european people had first settled in the state of maine at that time.
racism against african americans by whites was the norm at that time.
the idea of christian charity had not been invented yet at that time period.

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