| Isabel | Narrator; slave; promised freedom by last master but sold when that master dies. | | Ruth | Isabel's sister; has 'fits'; slave | | Curzon | Isabel's 'friend'; slave | | Becky Berry | Cook for Locktons; is good to Isabel | | Grandfather | Old Slave man who runs the water pump at the well | | | |
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| Master Elihu Lockton | Owns Isabel and Ruth, pretending to be Patriot. | | Madam Anne Lockton | Owns Isabel and Ruth, pretending to be Patriot; treats Isabel awfully. | | Lady Clarissa Seymour | Lockton's Aunt, from whom he hopes to inherit her $; treats Isabel well | | Bellingham | Owns Curzon | | The Mayor | | | Colonel Regan | |
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