| Term | Definition |
|---|
| amari | 15yr. ole slave girl whose life we are following, becomes mother of tidbit, befriends polly, and is pregnant in the end |
| kwasi | amari's younger brother, speared to death |
| Esi | pregnant woman who died on the first trip to the prison |
| Makaful | esi's husband, tried to choke one of the guards and got shot |
| kwadzo | fierce hunter |
| Besa | amari's fiance, later found with no eye, beat up, and has a new woman |
| Komla | amari's father, killed during storytelling |
| Mother | killed during the slaughter |
| afi | befriends amari, stays alive because the white men call for her at night, does what she can to stay alive |
| bill | red-haired man on the ship, taught amari to speak english |
| polly | 15 yr. old white, indentured servent, thinks she is far above the slaves, works for mr. derby, runs away with amari and tidbit, befriends amari, becomes a mother to tidbit |
| mr. Percival Derby | plantation owner, polly's boss, bought amari for his 16 yr old son, walks with authority |
| Clay | mr. derby's son, stuck up, mean spirited,uses whip alot, sarcastic, got amari for his birthday, uses tidbit as croc bait, gets amari pregnant, might have died from a snake |
| Noah | slave of mr. derby, driver of the wagon, older kind and gentle, looks out for the other slaves, mrs. derby's bodyguard, well dressed, handsome, fathers isabelle's baby, shot and killed by mr. derby |
| Teenie | cook, mother of tidbit, well experienced, very wise, gets her son taken away from her, kills mr. derby |
| Tidbit | teenie son, 4 yrs. old, has a dog named hushpuppy, close to his mother, real name is timothy, runs away with polly and amari, becomes amari and polly's child |
| Mrs. Isabelle Derby | very young, not intellegent, step mother of clay, mr derby's 2nd wife, pregnant, kind to slaves, admits her unhappiness to amari, gives birth to noahs child |
| Cato | old slave in the rice fields, doesn't do much work, knows everything that happens on the plantation |
| Doc Hoskins | helps amari, polly, and tidbit escape, doesn't believe in slavery |
| Sarah Jane | nursed mrs. isabelle's baby, got caught with baby and severely punished |
| Inez | greets the group at fort mose |
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