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Deeti

This character is a poppy farmer. She is married and has a daughter. When her husband dies, she marries another and ends up becoming a migrant.

Kalua

This character is a very big man who has an ox cart. He rescues a woman from her husband’s funeral pyre. They marry and become migrants.

Zachary Reid

This character is a half-black American who joins the crew of the Ibis in Baltimore as a carpenter. He can pass as white. Through sickness and problems with the crew, he becomes second mate of the Ibis.

Serang Ali

This character is the head of the lascars, sailors who come from countries that border the Indian Ocean. He is a good sailor.

Paulette

This character is the daughter of a French botanist and a mother who died when she was born. She is raised by an Indian woman, and she becomes close...

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