| A | B |
|---|
| segregation | the enforced separation of different races and colours in society |
| integrate | to mix together black and white people where they had previously been segretated |
| overseers | people who overlook and supervise the work of others |
| plantations | estates on which tabacco and cotton and other products were grown |
| tanning yards | places where animal hides are turned into leather |
| sharecropping | a farmer giving part of their crops as rent for the land on which the crops are grown, instead of money |
| indentured servants | people who signed a contract to work for a fixed number of years |
| planter | the manager of a plantation |
| ku klux klan | an extremist group of white people who believe that whites are superior to blacks |
| lynchings | murdering people for a supposed crime without a trial, usually by hanging |
