Collection 2: "The People Could Fly" by Virginia Hamilton

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  1. shed
    cast off hair, skin, feathers, etc.
    Then, many of the people were captured for Slavery. The ones that could fly shed their wings. They couldn’t take their wings across the water on the slave ships.
  2. scorn
    look down on with disdain
    She trembled to be so hard worked and scorned.
  3. hoe
    dig with a tool with a flat blade
    Sarah hoed and chopped the row as the babe on her back slept.
  4. bawl
    cry loudly
    That babe started up bawling too loud. Sarah couldn’t stop to feed it. Couldn’t stop to soothe and quiet it down. She let it cry.
  5. croon
    sing softly
    She had no heart to croon to it.
  6. snarl
    twist together or entwine into a confusing mass
    He pointed his hand, and the Driver’s whip snarled around Sarah’s legs.
  7. snag
    catch or cause to catch on something sharp that is sticking out
    She flew over the woods. Tall trees could not snag her. Nor could the Overseer.
  8. shuffle
    walk by dragging one's feet
    But they didn’t shuffle in a circle. They didn’t sing. They rose on the air.
  9. plantation
    an estate where cash crops are grown on a large scale
    Way above the plantation, way over the slavery land.
  10. seer
    a person with unusual powers of foresight
    And the old man, old Toby, flew behind them, takin’ care of them. He wasn’t cryin’. He wasn’t laughin’. He was the seer. His gaze fell on the plantation where the slaves who could not fly waited.
Created on Tue Jun 09 08:55:30 EDT 2020 (updated Wed Jun 10 16:07:17 EDT 2020)

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