CH |
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FIRST NAME |
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LAST NAME |
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DESCRIPTION |
1 |
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Effia |
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Otcher |
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The child
of the night's fire. The protaganist. |
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Cobbe |
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Otcher |
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Effia's
father. |
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Baaba |
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Cobbe's
wife. |
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Nyame |
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The Akan
god. |
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Fiiti |
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Baaba's
first son. |
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Adwoa |
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Aidoo |
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The first
village girl engaged to a British soldier. |
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Abbeku |
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Badu |
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Next in
line to be the village chief. |
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Arekua |
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Abeku's
first wife. |
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Millicent |
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The
half-cast daughter of Fonte woman and British soldier. |
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James. R. |
|
Collins |
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Appointed
Governor of the Cape-Coast Castle. |
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Anne |
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James's
first wife. |
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Emily |
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James's
daughter. |
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Jimmy |
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Emily's
brother. |
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Todd |
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Phillips |
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Adwoa's
husband. |
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Sarah |
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The
half-cast wench of Sam York. |
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Eccoah |
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New
wench. |
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Sam |
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Married
to Sarah. |
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Apothecaries |
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Witch
doctor. |
2 |
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Afua |
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A mother
with no milk. |
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Esi |
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Girl who
spent her 15th birthday in the dungeon. |
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Kwame |
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Asare |
|
Esi's
father. aka: Big Man. |
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Kwasi |
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Nnuro |
|
Brought
60 yams for Esi. |
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Tansi |
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Esi's
jouney friend. |
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Maame |
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Big Man's
third wife. |
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Kwaku |
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Agyei |
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The most
sensible among the warriors. |
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Nana |
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Addae |
|
The
warrior. |
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Kojo |
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Nyarko |
|
Big Man's
eldest son. |
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Kwabena |
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Gyimah |
|
The
warrior. |
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Abronomia |
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Maama's
housegirl. |
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Amma |
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Big Man's
first wife. |
3 |
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Quey |
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Effia's
son. |
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Cudjo |
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Sackee |
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Quey's
old friend. |
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Timothy |
|
Hightower |
|
Officer
eager to impress the chief. |
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Nana |
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Yaa |
|
Eldest
daughter of Osei Bonsu. Quey's wife. |
4 |
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Ness |
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Esi's
daughter. |
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Devil |
|
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|
The
master of hell. |
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Thomas A. |
|
Stockham |
|
A good
master. |
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TimTam |
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|
A gift to
the Stockham family from neighbors. |
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Margaret |
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The head
house slave. |
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Pinky |
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TimTam's
daughter. |
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Susan |
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Tom
Allan's wife. |
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Mavis |
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A woman
who opened the door to help TimTam. |
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Ruthie |
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Anna's
cousin. |
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Harriet |
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Woman who
rendered her last remedy to Pinky. |
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Tom Jr. |
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Tom
Allan's son. |
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Mary |
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Tom
Allan's daughter. |
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Kojo |
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Freeman |
|
Ness's
son. aka: Jo. |
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Tame |
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Hardworker who rarely fought or caused trouble. |
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Aku |
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Took care
of and hid Jo when he was a child. |
5 |
|
Charles |
|
MacCarthy |
|
A
Governor. |
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James |
|
Collins |
|
Grandson
of James R. Collins. Quey's son. aka: Unlucky. |
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David |
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Quey's
friend in England. |
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Catherine |
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David's
wife. |
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Amma |
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Atta |
|
Daughter
of Chief Abeeku Badu. |
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Kofi |
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Nana
Yaa's eldest brother. |
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Osei |
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Yau |
|
The new
King. |
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Kwame |
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James's (Unlucky's)
cousin. |
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Akosua |
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Mensah |
|
Abena's
mother |
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Mampanyin |
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|
The
premiere apothecary. A witch doctor. |
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White |
|
Doctor |
|
A kind,
unmarried doctor. |
6 |
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Alice |
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An old
woman who was robbed. |
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Poot |
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Jo's
friend. |
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Jim |
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Pig
feet's vendor. |
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Anna |
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Kojo's
wife. |
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Mirabel |
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Jo's
first love. |
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Mr. |
|
Mathison |
|
Told his
son to always lend a helping hand. |
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Agnes |
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Timmy's
wife. |
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Beula |
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Anna's
beautiful daughter. |
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Cato |
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Anna's
son. |
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Daly |
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|
The
fighter. |
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Eurias |
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Found
live-in work. |
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Felicity |
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A shy
girl. |
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Gracie |
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A round
ball of love. |
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Everett |
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|
Investigator on Alice case. |
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John |
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An
Irishman who worked on Alice's case. |
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Dothan |
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A man who
also worked on Alice's case. |
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Timmy |
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The
Pastor's son. |
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|
Pastor |
|
John |
|
Timmy's
father. |
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John Jr. |
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Timmy's
brother. |
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James |
|
Hamlet |
|
A
Baltimore runaway. |
7 |
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Abena |
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Unmarried
old woman. |
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Ohene |
|
Nyarko |
|
Abena's
childhood best friend. |
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Mefia |
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Ohene's
first wife. |
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Osei |
|
Tufu |
|
The first
Asantehene. |
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Abro |
|
Ni |
|
The
wicked man. |
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Papa |
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Kwabena |
|
One of
the oldest men in the village. |
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Aba |
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First
woman who saw Ohene walk the path from Abena. |
8 |
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H |
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|
A man who
only knows his name is "H". |
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Cora |
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Hobbs |
|
A white
woman. |
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Ethe |
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H's
woman. |
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Timothy |
|
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Arrested
for causing a disturbance. |
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Soloman |
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Arrested
for stealing a nickel. |
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Thomas
(1) |
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White
third-class man. |
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Joecy |
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The man
who comforted H's nervousness. |
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Bull |
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A man
with a burned face. |
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Klansmen |
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|
The man
who burned Bull's face. |
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Dinah |
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|
Girl in
the bar. |
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Joe |
|
Turner |
|
Joecy's
son. aka: Lil Joe. |
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Mr. |
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John |
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Mining
boss. |
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Jane |
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|
Joecy's
wife. |
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Miz |
|
Benton |
|
Asked
Ethe to read H's letter. |
9 |
|
Akua |
|
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|
Abena's
mother. aka: Deborah. |
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Edweso |
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A white
man swallowed alive by fire. |
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Asamoah |
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Akua's
husband. |
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|
King |
|
Prempeh I |
|
Refused
to allow British to take over Kingdom of Asante. |
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Nana |
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Serwah |
|
Akua's
mother-in-law. |
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Abee |
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Akua's
daughter. |
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Ama |
|
Serwah |
|
Akua's
toddler. |
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Kofi |
|
Poku |
|
A child
who stumbled in front of Akua. |
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Frederick |
|
Hodgson |
|
The
British Governor. |
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Yaa |
|
Asentewaa |
|
Edweso's
own Queen Mother. |
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Akos |
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A woman
of the Edweso. |
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Mambee |
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Ako's
companion. |
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Akwasi |
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The man
who came to church every Sunday. |
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Asase |
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A woman
who also prayed to Anansi. |
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Bia |
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Asase's
daughter. |
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Tano |
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Bia's
brother. |
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Yaw |
|
Agyekum |
|
Asemoah's
son. |
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Antwi |
|
Agyei |
|
Accused
Akua that she killed her own children. |
10 |
|
Willie |
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H's
daughter. |
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Bertha |
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|
Choir
member who lead the sopranos. |
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Dora |
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|
Lead the
altos singers. |
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|
Robert
Willie |
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|
Willie's
son. aka: Carson/Sonny. |
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Josephine |
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Eli's
daughter. |
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Hazel |
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Willie's
little sister. |
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Robert |
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Clifton |
|
Willie's
husband. |
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Bess |
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Carspn's
baby sitter |
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Morrises |
|
Wealthy
black family on Harlem's southern edge. |
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Mrs. |
|
Morris |
|
Worked as
seamstress. |
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Eli |
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|
Willie's
second husband. aka: Bro/Eli. |
11 |
|
Edward |
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|
Math
teacher in Roman Catholic School. |
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Mrs. |
|
Boahen |
|
More
concerned with dinner than with freedom. |
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Peter |
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A very
small boy. |
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Edem |
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A timid
boy. |
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William |
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Yaw's
student. |
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Thomas
(2) |
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William's
classmate. |
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Kwame |
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Adu |
|
Said will
wear blue coat when warrior comes. |
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Esther |
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Marjorie's mother. |
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Gifty |
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Kofi
Polu's wife. |
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Henry |
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Poku's
son. |
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Kukua |
|
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|
The old
servant. |
12 |
|
George |
|
Lee |
|
A
Reverend shot while trying to register to vote. |
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Rosa |
|
Jordan |
|
Woman
shot riding in desegregated bus in Montgomery. |
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Lucille |
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Sonny's
ex-woman. |
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Andrea |
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Etta's
daughter. |
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Rhonda |
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Sonny's
second girl. |
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Mohammed |
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Sonny's
friend. aka: Johnny. |
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Amani |
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Zulema |
|
A small
woman with deep voice.aka: Mary. |
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Etta |
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Angela's
daughter. |
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Louis |
|
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|
The blind
man. |
13 |
|
Marjorie |
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Yaw's
daughter. |
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Tisha |
|
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|
Leader of
the pack. |
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Mrs. |
|
Pinkston |
|
Marjorie's English teacher. |
|
|
Graham |
|
|
|
A man
Marjorie is dating. |
14 |
|
Marcus |
|
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|
Sonny's
son. |
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|
Diante |
|
|
|
Marcus's
best friend. |
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|
Mrs. |
|
MacDonald |
|
Maarcus's
teacher. |
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|
Howard |
|
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|
Man who
carried a slender cane. |
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|
Ki |
|
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|
Diante's
girl. |