| | | | Part 1 |
| 1 | Rachel | | Delphina's long-time servant. Deceased. |
| | Jacob | Bell | Delphina's husband. Pheby's boss. Aka: Master Jacob. |
| | Delphina | | Jacob's wife. |
| | Pheby Delores | Brown | Narrator and Protagonist. Aka: Ninny. |
| | Mr. | Snitch | The plantation overseer. |
| | Aunt | Hope | The plantation cook. |
| | Lovie | | The keeper of the house. |
| | Miss | Sally | Jacob's sister. |
| | Doctor | Wilks | Delphina's doctor. |
| | Ruth | Brown | Pheby's mother. |
| | Essex | Henry | Pheby's lover. Monroe's father. |
| | Parrott | | One of Jacob's servants. |
| 3 | Vinnie | Brown | Pheby's grandmother. A Queen. |
| 5 | Thunder | | One of Master Jacob's horses. |
| | Jasper | | Aunt Hope's son. |
| 9 | Johnnie | White | The preacher. |
| | | | Part 2 |
| 10 | Reade | | The plantation driver. |
| | Alice | | The slave woman that Pheby met. |
| | Matilda | | The bloody woman that Pheby met. |
| | Jack | | One of Pheby's tormentors. |
| 11 | Sam | | Matilda's husband. |
| | Arthur | | A skilled blacksmith and carpenter. |
| 12 | Tommy | | One of Rubin's servants. |
| | Elsie | | Pheby's co-servant. |
| | Rubin | Lapier | The man who rescued Pheby from auction. A human trafficker. Aka: Marse, The Jailer. |
| | July | | One of Rubin's servants. |
| | Abbie | | Rubin's house girl. |
| | Birdie | Basil | The Jailer's manservant. |
| 15 | Charlott | | One of the slaves. |
| | Miss | Sarah | Charlott's boss. |
| 16 | Monroe | Brown | Pheby and Essex's son. |
| | Corinna | Hinton | The mistress of the jail off Brich Alley. |
| | Silas | Omuhundro | Corrina's husband. A Jail owner. |
| 17 | Agnes | | One of the prisoners. |
| 18 | Miss | | One of the slaves. |
| | Taffy | | One of the slaves. |
| | Beth-Anne | | One of the slaves. |
| | Brenda | | One of the slaves. |
| | Robert | Ryland | The first African baptist church pastor. |
| | Nathaniel | Colver | The reverend. |
| 20 | Hester Francine | Lapier | Rubin and Pheby's 1st daughter. |
| | Hector | Davis | A jail owner. |
| | David | Pullham | A jail owner. |
| | Anne | Davis | Hector's wife. |
| | Helen | Pullham | David's wife. |
| | Hilda | | A German seamstress. |
| | William | Cawfield | The tutor of Corinna's children. |
| 21 | Rubin | Lapier Jr. | Rubin and Pheby's son. |
| | Sissy | | Rubin's entertainer. |
| 23 | Isabel | Lapier | Pheby's daughter. |
| | Joan | Lapier | Pheby's daughter. |
| | Florence | | The new slave. |
| 25 | Miss | Grace | A teacher. |
| 26 | Katherine | Lapier | Pheby and Rubin's 4th daughter. |
| | | | Part 3 |
| 28 | Janice | | Pheby's helper. |
| 30 | Daniel | | Sissy's son. |
| | Grace | Marshall | The Lapier's tutor. |
| 31 | Clarence | | Rubin's right hand man. |
| 32 | Susan | | The slave with a broken toe. |
| | Hally | | One of the slaves. |
| | Ginny | | One of the slaves. |
| | Nancy | | One of the slaves. |
| | Cudjoe | | Nancy's twin brother. |
| 36 | Hamp | | Rubin's new driver. |
| | Henry | O'Keefe | Rubin's friend. |
| | Polly | O'Keefe | Henry's wife. |
| | Betty | | The O'keefe's maid. |
