persecute : attack, pursue - dejected : unhappy - a fit: an attack - segregation : separation of the races, racism - a genre: a type - negro spirituals: religious songs sung by Blacks - settler : immigrant - soil : land - adulterated: impure - entertainer: artist - hardship: difficulty - sheer: pure - sharecropper: agricultural worker - overwhelm: dominate - make a better living: have a better life - combos: groups - exponents: players - hibernation: period of sleep - chord: two or more notes played together - springboard: point of departure.
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