Nightjohn

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Across
  1. 3. Where Sarny was working when she overheard the women talking.
  2. 5. What was released on the slaves if the tried to escape?
  3. 7. Sarny overheard them talking about the new slaves.
  4. 8. What Nightjohn gained but then gave up in order to teach children to read.
  5. 10. A common punishment for slaves.
  6. 12. What Nightjohn taught to Sarny to start.
  7. 14. What did Waller cut off of Nightjohn?
  8. 17. Who taught Sarny letters?
  9. 18. What did Nightjohn use to teach the children?
  10. 20. This is the first word Sarny learned and would write in the dirt.
Down
  1. 1. The dehumanizing name for people kept as property.
  2. 2. What the slaves ate at feeding time.
  3. 4. The name Sarny used for the whites' home.
  4. 6. The female slaves' job once they came of age.
  5. 9. Tis lady who was like a mother to all of the slaves.
  6. 10. The skill Sarny was taught (not reading).
  7. 11. A prized possession Sarny found on the ground.
  8. 13. Sarny traded this for letters.
  9. 15. What the slaves ate out of at feeding time.
  10. 16. What did the field hands have to pick?
  11. 19. Another word for the harsh work slaves were put through.