| A | B |
|---|
| The Jennings | people who owned Obi |
| Jason | 7-year-old slave left behind |
| Gabriel | slave who lived on plantation by the river |
| Wilson | Mr. Jenning's cruel brother |
| Buka | Old and well-respected ex-slave |
| Daniel | Friend of Obi's killed by Rebels |
| Mariah | Gabriel's wife; took care of Buka |
| Obi | Main character |
| Thomas | Free black from N.Y. saved by Obi |
| Obidiah Booker | Obi's name at end of story |
| Easter | Slave girl on Obi's plantation |
| squalid | filfty from neglect and poverty |
| charge | a rush to attack an enemy |
| battallion | an army |
| fortifications | military defenses |
| bondage | slavery |
| saber | type of sword the calvary used |
| croaker sack | bag used to collect dead animals |
| dirge | funeral song |
| sheaves | bundle of grain |
| paterollers | men searching for runaway slaves |
| tobacco | cash crop on Jennings plantation |
| South Carolina | WHERE our story takes place |
| Civil War | WHEN our story takes place |
| Emancipation Proclamation | document that freed the slaves |
| Years of Civil War | 1861-1864 |
| Which Way Freedom is... | Historical Fiction |
