Across
- 3. tidbit's real or birth name
- 7. helps the main character accept her unborn child
- 8. the name of the tribe that betrays Amari
- 12. what the main character plans to name her child if it is a boy
- 13. is used for alligator bait
- 14. The journey African slaves endure to the New World
- 16. The name of Amari's Tribe
- 17. Red-headed sailor who is kind to the main character
- 18. is Amari's fiance and has lost hope of being free
- 20. oldest slave on the plantation
- 21. Receives a slave for his 16th birthday
- 22. the name of the plantation
- 23. The main character's new name
- 24. when he smiles, Besa's facial birthmark resembles this
- 26. Mr. Derby's first name & purchases slaves to work his plantation
- 28. The person the group tries to hide the baby with
- 31. Provides Amari, Polly, & Tidbit with horse & wagon
- 32. the name of the fort of freedom
Down
- 1. gives the runaways their first chance at freedom
- 2. Amari's father-storyteller and master weaver
- 3. the cook on the plantation
- 4. The leader of Fort
- 5. the main crop grown on the plantation
- 6. Mr. Derby's 2nd wife
- 9. provides the runaways with a rabbit to eat
- 10. the father of the newborn baby
- 11. dies of despair & a broken heart after being captured
- 12. The length of years of Polly's indenture
- 15. Indentured servant
- 17. besa's new name
- 19. disease that killed Polly's parents
- 25. Does not believe in slavery. Gives the group their 2nd chance at freedom
- 27. the name of Amari's village
- 29. the main character in the novel
- 30. befriends the main character & helps her endure the journey to the New World