Summaries and Commentaries

Part One: Chapter 4

croaker sack  a burlap bag.

walking man  an unsettled man, not the marrying kind.

pickaninnies  black children. The term, derived from Spanish or Portuguese, evolved into a racial slur meant to denigrate or dehumanize.

horehound  candy made with horehound juice, a bitter juice extracted from a horehound herb’s leaves, stem, or flowers.

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