Dread Nation

civil rights advocate

native American

slave trader

powerful African American

Katherine

Jackson

Jane

Gideon

woods full of deer and rabbits to eat

a place where people can raise their families safely

a city where there are more men than women

rivers where gold is abundant

friend

sister

brother

mother

they were cousins

they were brothers

they were father and son

they were mother and son

eating too much

wearing a tight corest

carrying concealed firearms

slipping out at night

Aunt Aggie was told that Jane had turned

Momma said she was looking for a new husband

Miss Anderson had been stealing her letters

Momma was in a prison, accused as passing for white

Rose Hill would never be safe as long as he lived

the major had been abusing Momma daily

he was trying to kill her Momma

Major was trying to rape her

she's light skinned

she's wealthy

she caters to the combat teachers

she has been raised by white people

an archeologist

a naval officer

a security guard

an attendant