Nightjohn Characters

the young slave girl who is the narrator of the story; the protaganist

the plantation owner; the "master"; the antagonist

the missus; wife of Clel Waller

slave women who raises Sarny

slave who teaches Sarny to read

Sarny's mother who is sold away from her

young slave girl who isn't right in the head and is beaten

slave who ran and was caught by the dogs

the overseer for Waller; slave who manages the other slaves for "the master"

slave, not big enough to be a breeder, who is in love with a girl from another plantation