| 1 | George | Walker | A middle-aged man living in a small town of old Ox, Georgia. |
| | Isabelle | | George Walker's wife. |
| | Caleb | Walker | Isabelle and George Walker's son. |
| | Ted | Morton | George Walker's neighbor. |
| | Landry | | Prentiss' brother. |
| | Prentiss | | Former slave of Ted Morton. |
| | August | Webler | Caleb's childhood friend. |
| 2 | Katrina | | Isabelle's acquaintance. |
| | Silas | | Isabelle's brother. |
| 3 | Little James | | One of Ted Morton's slaves. |
| | Esther | | One of Ted Morton's slaves. |
| | Gail | Cooley | Ted Morton's right-hand. |
| | Mrs. | Etty | Ted Morton's acquaintance. |
| | Lawson | | Ted Morton's worker. |
| | Jefferson | Davis | Former President of the Confederate State of America. |
| 4 | Mr. | Rainey | George's acquaintance. |
| | Ridley | | A donkey. |
| | Ray | Bittle | George's acquaintance. |
| | Ezra | Whitley | A close friend of George Walker's father. |
| | Benjamin | | George Walker's father. |
| | Rawlings | | A storekeeper. |
| | Al | Hooks | Ted Morton's acquaintance. |
| | Abraham | Lincoln | The 16th U.S. President. |
| | Arnold | Glass | A Brigadier General. |
| | William | | Ted Morton's son. |
| 6 | Mildred | Foster | One of Isabelle's oldest friends. |
| | John | Foster | Mildred's husband. |
| | Lillian | | Silas' wife. |
| | Charles | Dickens | An English writer and social critic. |
| 8 | Wade | Webler | August Webler's father. |
| | Natasha | Beddenfeld | August Webler's wife. |
| 9 | Quincey | | Sila's son. |
| | Sarah | Beddenfeld | Natasha's mother. |
| | Robert | Lee | A confederate general during the American Civil War. |
| | Margaret | Webler | August Webler's mother. |
| | Martha | Bloom | One of Margaret Webler's friends. |
| | Anne | | Natasha's sister. |
| 10 | Charlie | | Mildred's son. |
| | Taffy | | George's friend. |
| | Clementine | | George's paid mistress. |
| 12 | Jan | | One of a bartenders. |
| | Albert | Stoutly | One of a bartenders. |
| | Jeffrey | | Mr. Webler's secretary. |
| 15 | Henry | Pershing | One of George Walker's neighbors. |
| | Robert | Cord | One of George Walker's neighbors. |
| | Blair | Duncan | One of George Walker's neighbors. |
| | Osborne | Clay | A sheriff. |
| 17 | Lamar | Hackstedde | Osborne Clay's handpicked successor. |
| | Mrs. | Clay | Osborne Clay's wife. |
| | Tim | | Hacckstedde's deputy. |
| | Jessup | | A helper. |
| 18 | Mr. | Ambrose | A judge. |
| 19 | Elsy | | Clementine's daughter. |
| 20 | Goodwin | | Worked alongside with Hackstedde. |
| | Delpha | | Prentiss' ex-girlfriend. |
| 24 | Dr. | Dover | George Walker's doctor. |
| 25 | Alice | | Ezra's wife. |
| | William | Shakespeare | An English playwright, poet and actor. |
| | Plutarch | | A Greek philosopher. |
| | Voltaire | | A French writer. |
| 27 | Elliot | | Walker's farm helper. |
| 28 | Matthew | | One of Walker's farm helpers. |
| | Clarinda | | One of Walker's farm helpers. |
| | Jane | | Clarinda's sister. |
| | Geoffrey | | One of Walker's farm helpers. |
| 29 | Mrs. | Benson | A woman in-charge at the convent. |
| | Mr. | Whitney | A landowner. |
| | Arthur | Benson | Mrs. Benson's nephew. |
