"overshadowing" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1831, Thomas Smith Grimké, Reflections on the Character and Objects of All Science and Literature:",
          "text": "Such trials to a peaceful people, only enhance their love of peace; for the grief-stricken heart flees to retirement and tranquillity. At the overshadowings of such afflictions, I should never tremble for my country, much less should I despair […]",
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