REAL
JOSEPH JACOBS’S FAMILY, EDENTON, NORTH CAROLINA
HARRIET: MOTHER
GRAN (MOLLY): GREAT-GRANDMOTHER
SAMUEL SAWYER: FATHER, SLAVEHOLDER
LULU (LOUISA): SISTER
JOHN: UNCLE
MARK: GREAT-UNCLE
JOSEPH: GREAT-UNCLE
OTHER PEOPLE IN EDENTON
DR. JAMES NORCOM: SLAVEHOLDER
MATILDA NORCOM: NORCOM’S DAUGHTER
JOSIAH COLLINS III: SLAVEHOLDER
JOSIAH COLLINS IV: SON OF JOSIAH COLLINS III
WELLINGTON: ENSLAVED COACHMAN FOR COLLINS FAMILY
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
FREDERICK DOUGLASS: ABOLITIONIST
ABNER FORBES: TEACHER
WILLIAM SIMMONDS: PRINTER
THOMAS SIMS: RUNAWAY SLAVE
NEW YORK, NEW YORK
CORNELIA GRINNELL: HARRIET’S EMPLOYER
JAMES TREDWELL: SAMUEL SAWYER’S COUSIN
MARY TREDWELL: JAMES TREDWELL’S WIFE
MR. BLOUNT: MARY TREDWELL’S BROTHER
MOSES SHEPHERD: OWNS BOARDINGHOUSE
DAVID CHASE: SHIP’S AGENT
WILLIAM GRINNELL: CORNELIA GRINNELL’S FATHER
RODNEY FRENCH: ABOLITIONIST
THOMAS JOHNSON: FREE SAILOR
CALIFORNIA
JOHN SUTTER: OWNS MILL WHERE GOLD WAS FIRST FOUND
RUNAWAY SLAVE: TAKEN CAPTIVE AFTER BEATING SLAVEHOLDER
FICTIONAL
OLD DAVE BLOUNT: BANJO PLAYER
COMFORT: ENSLAVED GIRL
APPRENTICES: BOYS IN PRINT SHOP
IVY ANN: WHALING SHIP
CREW AND OFFICERS OF IVY ANN
NEGRO SHALLOWS: MINING CAMP
CHINESE TRADESMEN: RUN TENT STORE IN MORMON ISLAND
GOLD MINERS AND POKER PLAYERS