Summaries and Commentaries

Part One: Chapter 7

way  station a safe house where wandering blacks could inquire about relatives and expect hospitality.

paterollers  patrollers or slave-catchers.

Pulaski  County , Kentucky a county in south central Kentucky.

the  dragon a Klan symbol.

underground  agent the guide who waited in the cornfield to lead slaves to freedom.

clabber  thickly curdled sour milk.

sugar teat  an early kind of pacifier; a small square of cloth filled with a mixture of brown sugar and butter, tied off, and given to babies to suck on.

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