Who’s Who in the Weylin House
This plantation owner dies of a heart attack in The Storm.
Who is Tom Weylin?
Dana finds Rufus during the storm lying face down in this place.
What is the mud?
This ceremony allowed enslaved couples to symbolically marry.
What is "jump the broom"?
Dana secretly teaches this skill to Joe, even though it is dangerous for enslaved people to learn.
What is to read?
Rufus collapses during the storm because he suffers from this illness called “ague.”
What is malaria?
This enslaved man helps Dana carry Rufus into the house during the storm.
Who is Nigel?
Dana uses this medicine from the future to reduce Rufus’s fever.
aspirin
This harvest celebration involved enslaved workers removing kernels from corn.
What is "corn-shucking"?
Kevin develops this noticeable change after living in the past for five years.
What is a Southern accent?
Dana works in the field because Rufus becomes angry after this event.
What is Tom Weylin's death?
This enslaved woman is Rufus’s partner and the mother of Joe and Hagar.
Who is Alice?
After Tom Weylin dies, Rufus punishes Dana by sending her to work in this place.
What are the fields?
This term describes enslaved people chained together and forced to march to be sold.
What is a "coffle"?
Dana knows that this insect spreads diseases like malaria.
What are mosquitoes?
Sam James is sold because Rufus becomes jealous about this.
What is Sam speaking with Dana?
The son of Rufus and Alice who enjoys learning to read.
Who is Joe?
After Rufus hits her, Dana attempts this desperate act in the attic.
What is suicide?
This person supervised enslaved workers and often used violence to control them.
What is an "overseer"?
Dana tries to save Tom Weylin’s life using this modern medical technique.
What is CPR?
Dana attempts suicide because Rufus does this to her.
What is he hits her?
This cruel overseer whips Dana when she is forced to work in the fields.
Who is Evan Fowler?
This enslaved man is sold after Rufus becomes jealous.
Who is Sam James?
This system forced enslaved people to work on large farms owned by wealthy landowners.
What is the "planation system"?
Dana realizes she must carefully control this to avoid punishment.
What is what she says / her speech?
Rufus strikes Dana after she begs him not to do this to Sam James.
What is sell him?