Stick
You wouldn't think a stick would be the most effective weapon for a slave in the American South. But as Dana points out at one point, "I stumbled over a stick that lay in the road and first cursed...
Dogs
It's not going too far to say that white slave masters treat black people like animals in this book. And you can see this in the way white men will use dogs to hunt down runaway slaves. Dana finds...
Reading and Writing
One of the things that the white people in this book really hate about Dana is the fact that she knows how to read and write better than many of them can. Tom Weylin is especially resentful toward...