Gullah
African culture on the coast of South Carolina and nearby islands.
kaleidoscope
A toy tube with mirrors and colored glasses, which produces symmetrical patterns.
plantation
An estate that produces crops that are cultivated by resident laborers.
Yankee
An inhabitant of the northern states.
purebred
animals bred from parents of the same stock.
withered
dry and shriveled.
Cherokee Nation
A large Native American tribe.
conjure
call upon by magical means.
Negroes
dated term used to describe people of African descent.
gumbo
okra infused stew, popular in the South.
indigo
purple color, named after a plant-based dye.
hussy
slang for a brazen or immoral young woman.
fruitage
fruit, collectively.
backwater
isolated, without development or progress.
Geechee
Another term for Gullah.
colored
A dated and offensive term for non-white people.
highfalutin
pompous or pretentious.
buckra
white person, typically a man
hoodoo
voodoo or witchcraft.
lynching
The killing of someone, especially by hanging, without a legal trial, often of a black man by a white community.
