| Cornelius | Black | One of Philip's acquaintances. |
| Felicia | Black | One of Philip's acquaintances. |
| George | Black | A manservant. Aka: Wash, George Washington Black. |
| Richard | Black | Titch's uncle. |
| Mrs. | Blast | One of Wash's customers. |
| Joseph | Crawford | One of Wash's aliases. |
| Maria | Cunitz | A field worker. |
| Rene | Descartes | French philosopher. |
| Mr. | Dover | Henrietta's boyfriend. |
| Emilie | du Chatelet | French philosopher. |
| Edgar | Farrow | Titch's great friend. |
| Eleanor | Gandville | A field worker. |
| Geoffrey M. | Goff | Tanna's father. A marine zoologist. |
| Judith | Goff | One of Mr. Goff's sisters. |
| Tanna | Goff | Wash's acquaintance. |
| Raymond | Grimes | One of Wash's customers. |
| Peter | Haas | Peter House's son. |
| Medwin | Harris | Wash's friend. |
| Vivian | Hatcher | Wash's ex-girlfriend. |
| Louis | Hazzard | A prisoner. |
| Michael | Holloway | Captain of the vessel. |
| Mr. | Horne | One of Henrietta's suitors. |
| Peter | House | James Wilde's assistant. |
| Jacob | Ibel | Holloway's assistant. |
| Immanuel | Kant | Prussian philosopher. |
| Benedikt | Kinast | The ship's captain. |
| Theo | Kinast | The ship's surgeon. |
| Adele | Lemieux | One of the ladies from England. |
| Henrietta | Lemieux | One of Mr. Goff's sisters. |
| Margaret | Lemieux | One of the ladies from England. |
| Martha | Lemieux | One of the ladies from England. |
| Mr. | MacBane | A navigator. |
| Catherine | MacCauley | A plantation worker. Aka: Big Kit. |
| James | Madison | One of the workers. Aka: Black Jim. |
| Isaac | Newton | An English mathematician. |
| Dr. | Quinn | Erasmus' acquaintance. |
| Mr. | Saunders | Mr. Wolcott's son-in-law. |
| Mr. | Slipp | A crew. |
| James | Smith | One of Wash's customers. |
| Robert | Solander | Titch's great friend. |
| Tom | Thibodeau | American basketball coach. |
| Kees | Visser | Mr. Goff's colleague. |
| Christopher | Wilde | Master Erasmus' brother. Aka: Titch. |
| Eramus | Wilde | The overseer. |
| James | Wilde | Titch and Erasmus' father. |
| Mrs. | Wilde | Titch's mother. |
| John | Willard | Executed for witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts. |
| John Francis | Willard | A slave catcher. |
| Mr. | Wolcott | Wash's acquaintance. |
| Adam | | One of the runaways. |
| Adams | | One of the workers. |
| Agnes | | Mr. MacBane's sister. |
| Amelia | | Titch's aunt . |
| Aristotle | | A Greek philosopher. |
| Cosimo | | One of the workers. |
| Edward | | One of the workers. |
| Eleanor Ann | | Maria Cunitz's daughter. |
| Eliza | | A cook. |
| Elizabeth | | One of the workers. |
| Emilie | | A housekeeper. |
| Esther | | A kitchen slave. |
| Eugenio | | A new helper. |
| Exekiel | | One of the runaways. |
| Gaius | | The house porter. |
| George ll | | King of Great Britain and Ireland. |
| Hesiod | | A servant. |
| Immanuel | | A helper. |
| James | | One of the workers. |
| Jorge | | Titch's acquaintance. |
| Maria | | A cook. |
| Maria Clara | | Eleanor Gandville's daughter. |
| Mary | | The field worker. |
| Miranda | | Mr. Goff's younger sister. |
| Nawi | | Big Kit's true name. |
| Philip | | Erasmus' cousin. |
| René | | A driver. |
| Samuel | | Titch's good friend. |
| Sunshine | | Tanna's uncle. |
| William | | One of the workers. |
