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Annis

This character is the narrator and a young girl who is enslaved. Her mother is her only family.

Sasha

This character is enslaved on a plantation and is sold after she protects her daughter from rape.

Safi

This character is enslaved and lives on a plantation with her mother. When she is sold, she escapes after being raped.

Aza

This character is a spirit who longs for the worship and love of her followers, especially the line of women she first appears to.

Mama Aza

This character is known only by stories her daughter tells about her. She was born in Africa and taken to the U.S. to become a slave. She was pregnant when she was taken from Africa.

Bastian

This character is a runaway slave who lives in the borderlands near a plantation.

Esther

This character is a slave who works in a big house...

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