Uncle Tom's Cabin

George Shelby

Also known as Mas’r George · George

The grown son of Mr. and Mrs. Shelby who retrieved Tom’s body from Legree’s plantation. He returns home with news of Tom’s death, then frees the enslaved people on the Shelby estate and vows never to own another person.

Cassy

Also known as Misse Cassy · the woman Cassy

An enslaved woman formerly held by Legree, who escaped with Emmeline and discovered that Madame de Thoux was her daughter Elise. Reunited with her family in Canada, she becomes a devout Christian; she later learns that her son Henry has escaped and will join them in Africa.

Madame de Thoux

Also known as Emily

Cassy’s daughter Elise and George Harris’s sister, who was sold south as a child and later became free and wealthy. She finds George and Cassy in Canada, offers to share her fortune, and helps reunite the family.

The missionary in Canada

Also known as the missionary

An unnamed missionary who sheltered George and Eliza when they first arrived in Canada and helps Madame de Thoux and Cassy trace the family to Montreal.

George Harris

Also known as George

Eliza’s husband and Harry’s father, who escaped slavery and has lived freely in Canada for five years. He becomes a machinist, studies at a French university with his sister’s support, and plans to move with his family to Liberia to help build an African nation.

Eliza

Also known as Lizy · Liza

George Harris’s wife and Harry’s mother, who escaped slavery with their son and has lived freely in Canada for five years. She welcomes Cassy and becomes a steady guide to her mother after their reunion.

George and Eliza’s daughter

Also known as little Eliza

The young daughter born to George and Eliza after they gained their freedom. Her resemblance to Cassy’s lost daughter helps bring Cassy and Elise closer.

Harry

Also known as Jim Crow · Harriet

George and Eliza’s son, who has grown into a bright schoolboy in Canada. He later travels with his family to France and then to Africa.

The pastor of the Amherstberg station

Also known as the worthy pastor · the good pastor of Amherstberg

An unnamed pastor who accompanies Madame de Thoux and Cassy to Montreal to find George’s family. He arranges the reunion and leads the family in prayer.

Cassy’s son

Also known as Henry · Cassy’s son

Cassy’s son, identified earlier as Henry, who escaped slavery years before his mother and was educated by northern friends. After his discovery, he plans to follow his family to Africa.

Emmeline

Also known as Em

Susan’s daughter, who escaped Legree with Cassy and traveled with her. She accompanies Cassy’s reunited family to France and marries the ship’s first mate after they arrive.

The first mate

Also known as the first mate of the vessel

An unnamed ship’s first mate who falls in love with Emmeline during the family’s voyage to France and marries her after they arrive.

Topsy

Also known as the little negro girl · Miss Ophelia’s girl · Tops

A girl formerly enslaved by Augustine St. Clare, whose love and faith were shaped by Eva. Miss Ophelia takes her to Vermont, where Topsy becomes a Christian and later serves as a missionary teaching children in Africa.

Miss Ophelia St. Clare

Also known as Miss Ophelia · Cousin Ophelia · aunty · Cousin Vermont · Miss Feeley · Miss Feely

Augustine’s conscientious New England cousin, who takes Topsy to Vermont and guides her education and Christian faith. Topsy later becomes a missionary.

Tom’s wife

Also known as Chloe · Aunt Chloe · poor old woman

Tom’s wife and the Shelby estate’s celebrated cook. After George tells her that Tom died, she grieves deeply; George later honors Tom’s memory by freeing the estate’s enslaved people.

Polly

Also known as the baby

Tom and Chloe’s daughter, who was a baby when Tom was taken away and is now a lively girl. Chloe hopes to show her father the money she earned while working away from home.

Sally

A young woman under Chloe’s care who is learning to cook. She is mentioned as tending to the hoe-cake while the family prepares for George’s return.

Mr. Jones

Also known as Mas’r Jones

An unnamed man for whom Chloe worked as a cook in Louisville. He paid her wages and asked her to stay longer.

The aged man on the Shelby estate

Also known as the aged, patriarchal negro · the honest old heart

An unnamed, elderly Black man who has grown gray and blind on the Shelby estate. When George frees the estate’s enslaved people, he leads them in giving thanks.

The young fugitive who returns for his sister

Also known as one young man

An unnamed man who escaped slavery twice, endured punishment after being recaptured, and escaped again. He writes that he intends to return a third time to rescue his sister.

Horace Mann

Also known as Hon. Horace Mann

A lawyer for the defendants in the Pearl escape case, whose speech is quoted in the concluding remarks. He describes Elizabeth Russel and the Edmundson sisters, who were among the people caught after attempting to escape slavery.

Elizabeth Russel

A young woman among the people who attempted to escape on the schooner Pearl in 1848. She was captured and sent toward the New Orleans slave market, but died during the journey.

The Edmundson sisters

Also known as two girls named Edmundson

Two young women among those who attempted to escape on the Pearl. They were sent toward the New Orleans market but later redeemed and brought back after their older sister pleaded for them.

The older Edmundson sister

Also known as an older sister

An unnamed older sister of the Edmundson girls who pleaded with their enslaver to spare them from sale. Her plea did not prevent their being sent to New Orleans, but they were later redeemed.

Nathan

A formerly enslaved man who tells his young master he wants freedom because he could be sold if the master dies. His master grants him freedom and provides money and advice to help him start his life.

The young southern gentleman who frees Nathan

Also known as the young master

An unnamed southern gentleman who initially believes Nathan has been persuaded to flee, but listens to the Quaker’s arguments. He frees Nathan, gives him money to begin a new life, and leaves him a letter of advice.

The Quaker who shelters Nathan

Also known as the Quaker

An unnamed Quaker known for helping people escape slavery. He shelters Nathan and persuades Nathan’s owner to hear his wish for freedom.

The professor who reports on emancipated people in Cincinnati

Also known as Professor C. E. Stowe

A professor at Lane Seminary, Ohio, who provides accounts of formerly enslaved people living in Cincinnati. He says he personally knew all but one of the people described.

The aged colored washerwoman

Also known as an aged colored woman

An unnamed woman who worked as a washerwoman in the writer’s father’s household. Her daughter saved most of the money needed to buy her enslaved husband’s freedom, but he died before she could complete the payment.

The washerwoman’s daughter

Also known as the daughter of this woman

An unnamed, capable young woman who saved nine hundred dollars toward her enslaved husband’s freedom and paid it to his enslaver. Her husband died before she could raise the remaining hundred dollars.

The washerwoman’s son-in-law

Also known as her husband

An unnamed enslaved man who died before his wife could finish paying for his freedom.

The writer’s brother

Also known as a brother of the writer

An unnamed man whose account of visiting a plantation informed the concluding remarks’ description of Legree. He reported Legree’s boast about using his fist to knock down enslaved people.

The young fugitive who fled to a Quaker

Also known as the favorite servant

An unnamed man who escaped slavery in Cincinnati after serving his young owner from boyhood. When asked directly, he said he wanted freedom because his owner might die and leave him to another enslaver.

Uncle Tom

Also known as Tom

A devout, trusted enslaved man separated from his wife Chloe and children. His faith steadies him under Legree’s abuse; he refuses Cassy’s plan to kill Legree, comforts her, and remains behind to protect the other enslaved people. Legree has him brutally beaten for refusing to reveal where Cassy and Emmeline fled, and Tom dies after forgiving his attackers and praying for them.

Simon Legree

Also known as Mr. Legree · Legree · Mas’r Legree

A brutal enslaver who owns Tom, Cassy, Emmeline, and the workers on his cotton plantation. Tom’s steadfast faith unsettles him, and Cassy uses his fear of the plantation’s ghost stories to help her escape with Emmeline. After Tom’s death, Legree is haunted by visions of a white figure calling him and dies raving in terror.

Sambo

A principal driver on Legree’s plantation who helps enforce Legree’s rule. He assists in the hunt for Cassy and Emmeline and joins Quimbo in beating Tom, but afterward repents, asks Tom about Jesus, and professes belief.

The enslaved workers on Legree’s plantation

Also known as the plantation hands · the gang

Unnamed men and women driven through exhausting field labor and denied adequate food and rest. Tom helps and comforts them, and some learn to pray with him; after his beating, they tend his wounds, and two of his former tormentors seek his forgiveness.

Jesus

Also known as the Saviour

The figure of Christian faith whom Tom trusts as his comforter and redeemer. Tom’s words about Jesus move Sambo and Quimbo to repent and believe.

Sambo and Quimbo’s fellow plantation workers

Also known as the negroes · the servants

Unnamed enslaved men and women on Legree’s plantation. Some join the search for Cassy and Emmeline, while others secretly care for the dying Tom and pray after hearing his teaching.

Cassy and Emmeline’s pursuers

Also known as the men · the hunt

A group of unnamed overseers from nearby plantations and Legree’s tavern acquaintances, joined by enslaved workers and dogs. They search the swamp for Cassy and Emmeline but fail to find them.

Tiger

One of Legree’s dogs, sent with the other dogs to hunt for Cassy and Emmeline.

Fury

One of Legree’s dogs, sent with the other dogs to hunt for Cassy and Emmeline.

Mr. Shelby

Also known as Arthur

A Kentucky landowner who sold Tom and Harry to Haley to settle his debts. After Miss Ophelia’s letter arrives, he falls seriously ill and dies, naming Mrs. Shelby sole executrix of his estate.

Mrs. Shelby

Also known as Emily · Missis · Mistress

Mr. Shelby’s principled wife, determined to honor her promise to redeem Tom. While nursing her gravely ill husband, she receives Miss Ophelia’s delayed letter and later sends George to search for Tom.

The lawyer for the St. Clare estate

Also known as the lawyer who did business for the St. Clares · the lawyer

An unnamed lawyer whose name Miss Ophelia sends to the Shelbys. He tells them that Tom was sold at public auction and that he knows nothing beyond receiving the sale money.

The man who gives George information about Tom

Also known as a man in New Orleans

An unnamed man George happens to meet in New Orleans who has information about Tom’s whereabouts. His information leads George to travel to Legree’s plantation.

The little boy holding George’s horse

Also known as the little fellow

An unnamed boy at Legree’s plantation who tells George where the badly injured Tom is lying. Legree kicks him for speaking.

Quimbo

One of the principal drivers on Legree’s plantation, trained to enforce Legree’s brutality. He seizes Tom and brings him to Legree for punishment, then helps tend Tom’s wounds, asks who Jesus is, and professes belief.

The two plantation workers who tend Tom

Also known as one of them · the other two

Unnamed enslaved men who help carry Tom after Legree leaves, wash his wounds, and make him a bed. One secretly brings him brandy, and both ask Tom for forgiveness.

The two men who ask George to buy them

Also known as the poor fellows · the two negroes

Unnamed enslaved men who help George carry Tom’s body and bury him. Afterward they ask George to buy them, but he cannot.

Legree’s dead mother

Also known as his mother · the fair-haired woman

An unnamed, pious New England woman who raised Legree with prayer and patient love. Legree sees her shroud in a nightmare before the ghostly figure appears at his bedside.

The ghost of Legree’s garret

Also known as the tall figure in a white sheet · the white figure

A supposed ghost associated with the garret legend at Legree’s house. Cassy creates noises and uses the tale to frighten Legree; later, Cassy and Emmeline use a white-sheet disguise to slip out of the house.

Madame de Thoux’s daughter

Also known as the little girl · her little girl

An unnamed girl of about twelve traveling with Madame de Thoux. Her mother’s easy manner and charm help open a conversation with George Shelby.

Cassy’s daughter

Also known as Elise · Little Elise

Cassy’s young daughter, sold away from her as a child. She later lives free as Madame de Thoux, marries a generous man, and sets out to find and redeem her brother George Harris.

George Harris’s sister

Also known as Emily

Cassy’s daughter Elise, who was sold south when George was a boy. She was bought by a generous man who freed and married her; she later travels to Kentucky hoping to find and redeem George.

The man who bought and married Emily

Also known as the good and generous man

An unnamed man who bought Emily, Cassy’s daughter, after she was sold south. He freed her, took her to the West Indies, married her, and died recently.

The man named Simmons

Also known as Simmons

An unnamed man identified on the bill of sale as the principal in the transaction by which George Shelby’s father bought a young girl, later revealed to be Cassy’s daughter Elise.

The owner of the Legree plantation’s house before Legree

Also known as the opulent family

An unnamed wealthy family that formerly inhabited Legree’s house in its days of splendor. Some of their old furniture remains stored in the garret.

The enslaved woman confined in the garret

Also known as the unfortunate creature · the negro woman

An unnamed woman who incurred Legree’s displeasure and was confined in the garret for several weeks. Her body was later taken down and buried; her fate gave rise to the garret’s ghost story.

Tom and Chloe’s baby

Also known as the baby

Tom and Chloe’s unnamed baby, whom Tom remembers with longing as he lies dying. He asks George to give the child his love.

Tom’s children

Also known as his little chil’en · the poor chil’en

Tom and Chloe’s unnamed children, from whom Tom has been separated. He asks George to tell them to follow his example of faith.

The enslaved woman who shivers with sickness

Also known as some woman

An unnamed sick woman on Legree’s plantation who receives Tom’s tattered blanket on cold nights.

Isaac Watts

Also known as Watts

The hymn writer whose song “On My Journey Home” Tom sings on Legree’s plantation.

William Shakespeare

Also known as Shakespeare · Shakspeare

The playwright whose account of sheeted ghosts in Rome the narrator cites while discussing the plantation ghost stories.

William Cullen Bryant

Also known as Bryant

The poet named beneath a poem quoted at the beginning of the chapter about Tom’s martyrdom. An editorial note says the poem does not appear in his collected works.

John Howard Bryant

The poet mentioned in an editorial note as William Cullen Bryant’s brother; the note says the poem quoted at the beginning of the chapter does not appear in his collected poems.

The townspeople who see the white figures

Also known as some of the negroes

Unnamed people near Legree’s plantation who report seeing two white figures gliding down the avenue on the night Cassy and Emmeline escape.

The boy who wheels Cassy’s trunk

Also known as the boy

An unnamed boy hired to wheel Cassy’s trunk to the tavern while Cassy, disguised as a Creole lady, arrives with Emmeline.

The man who sells Cassy a trunk

Also known as the man

An unnamed seller in town from whom Cassy buys a handsome trunk before boarding the boat.

The French lady on the steamboat

Also known as the French lady

Madame de Thoux, a French passenger traveling with her daughter. She asks George Shelby about Kentucky and reveals that George Harris is her brother.

The boat passengers who crowd Cassy’s state-room

Also known as various ladies in the cabin

Unnamed women who crowd around Cassy’s state-room door after she faints, unintentionally blocking the air.

Lucy

Also known as Luce · the mulatto woman · the yellow woman · the woman

An enslaved woman bought with Tom and taken to Legree’s plantation, where she is exhausted by field labor and abused by Sambo. Tom refuses Legree’s order to whip her when she is too weak to meet her work quota; her husband, a blacksmith, and four children remain behind in New Orleans.

Cassy’s father

Also known as my father

An unnamed man who fathered Cassy with an enslaved woman and intended to free her, but died before doing so. His debts led creditors to list Cassy as property.

Cassy’s mother

Also known as my mother · the slave woman

An unnamed enslaved woman and Cassy’s mother. Her status meant Cassy was listed as property when her father’s estate was settled.

Cassy’s father’s wife

Also known as my father’s wife

An unnamed woman who took her own children to her father’s plantation after Cassy’s father died, leaving Cassy behind.

Cassy’s father’s wife’s children

Also known as her children

Unnamed children of Cassy’s father’s wife, who left with their mother after Cassy’s father died.

The young lawyer who settled Cassy’s father’s estate

Also known as the young lawyer

An unnamed lawyer left to settle Cassy’s father’s affairs. He brought to the house the young man who became Cassy’s first lover and owner.

Cassy’s first lover

Also known as the young man · her first owner

An unnamed man who paid two thousand dollars for Cassy after her father’s death and became her lover. He gave her and their children a comfortable life but later sold them to pay gambling debts and marry another woman.

Cassy’s first lover’s cousin

Also known as his cousin

An unnamed cousin and close friend of Cassy’s first lover who drew Henry into gambling and helped lead to the sale of Cassy and her children.

The woman introduced to Cassy’s first lover

Also known as another lady

An unnamed woman whom Cassy’s lover’s cousin introduced to him; he fell in love with her and planned to marry her.

The man who seized Henry at the calaboose

Also known as one man

An unnamed man who held Henry with others and said he would be disciplined for disobedience. He rejected Cassy’s pleas and said he intended to break the boy in.

Cassy’s second son

Also known as the little fellow · her son

Cassy’s baby, born while she lived on Captain Stuart’s plantation. In despair after losing her older children, Cassy gave him laudanum when he was two weeks old, causing his death.

Captain Stuart

Also known as Stuart · Captain

A kind man who bought Cassy after she had been held for sale and promised to help recover her children. He found that Henry had been sold to a planter on Pearl River but could not buy Elise; he took Cassy to his plantation, where he later died of cholera.

The old woman keeping Elise

Also known as the old woman

An unnamed woman who was keeping Cassy’s daughter Elise. She refused Captain Stuart’s offer to buy the girl.

The doctor who treated Cassy

Also known as a doctor

An unnamed doctor who attended Cassy after she attacked Simon Legree with a knife and fell ill.

Simon Legree’s mother

Also known as his mother · the fair-haired woman

An unnamed, pious New England woman who raised Legree with prayer and patient love. He rejected her counsel and once knocked her senseless before fleeing; she later died, forgiving him in a letter sent with a lock of her hair.

Simon Legree’s father

Also known as his sire

An unnamed hard-tempered man and Legree’s father, described as the opposite of Legree’s gentle mother.

Mrs. Smyth

Also known as the respectable, middle-aged woman · their aunty

A respectable middle-aged woman from the Canadian settlement who helps George, Eliza, and Harry evade pursuers. She disguises herself as Harry’s aunt and accompanies them across Lake Erie to Canada.

Tom Loker

Also known as Tom

A violent slave catcher who pursued George, Eliza, Harry, Jim, and Jim’s mother, but was wounded and then cared for by the fugitives and their allies. After recovering from a rheumatic fever in Aunt Dorcas’s care, he gives up slave catching and becomes a hunter and trapper in a new settlement.

Grandmam Stephens

Also known as Dorcas · Aunt Dorcas

An unnamed older Quaker woman at Amariah’s farmhouse, known as an excellent nurse. She cares for the wounded Tom Loker and helps arrange the fugitives’ disguises and passage toward Canada.

Marks

Tom Loker’s small, sharp-eyed partner in slave catching. He searches for George’s party in Sandusky but fails to recognize George in disguise.

The clerk of the boat

Also known as the clerk

An unnamed boat clerk who tells Marks that the people he is seeking are not aboard.

The good missionary in Canada

Also known as the missionary

An unnamed missionary in Canada who provides a hospitable home for people escaping slavery.

The woman who owned Cassy as a child

Also known as the woman

An unnamed enslaver who kept Cassy dressed up and displayed for visitors when Cassy was young.

The people who examined Cassy for sale

Also known as gentlemen

Unnamed men who visited the house where Cassy was held for sale, inspected her, and discussed her price.

The pious sisters at Cassy’s convent

Also known as the sisters

Unnamed nuns who taught Cassy music, French, and embroidery, and instructed her about religion and judgment.

The fugitives’ friendly household

Also known as the friendly family

Unnamed people who sheltered George, Eliza, and Harry before their escape to Canada and gathered to say farewell.

Augustine St. Clare

Also known as St. Clare · the young gentleman of fortune and family · Cousin Augustine · Auguste

A wealthy Louisiana enslaver who condemned slavery while continuing to benefit from it. After Eva’s death, he began legal steps to free Tom; he was fatally stabbed while trying to stop a fight and died after Tom prayed with him. A miniature of a beautiful woman with a lock of dark hair was found on his chest.

Marie St. Clare

Also known as Marie · Tom’s mistress

Augustine’s self-absorbed wife and Eva’s mother. After Augustine’s death she orders Rosa sent to be whipped, refuses to honor his promise to free Tom, and arranges to sell the estate’s enslaved workers.

Rosa

Also known as the pretty young quadroon

A young chambermaid in the St. Clare household. After speaking back to Marie, she begs Ophelia to intervene against an order for fifteen lashes, but Marie sends her to a whipping-house.

Mammy

Also known as the middle-aged mulatto woman · the decent mulatto woman

A middle-aged woman enslaved in the St. Clare household, devoted to Eva and trusted to care for the family. After Augustine’s death she remains at Marie’s side, attending to her demands.

Adolph

Also known as Dolph · Mr. Adolph · Mr. St. Clare

A fashionable young man enslaved in the St. Clare household who adopts Augustine’s name and manner. Afraid of Marie after Augustine’s death, he learns the household workers will be sold; he is bought at auction by a young gentleman.

Jane Benoir

Also known as Jane · Miss Jane · Miss Benoir

A servant in the St. Clare household, one of the chambermaids whom Topsy secretly targets with mischief when slighted. After Augustine’s death she attends Marie and helps her choose mourning clothes.

The St. Clare household domestics

Also known as the servants · the flock of domestics · the domestic cabinet · the whole of the servants

Unnamed enslaved household workers who grieve Eva and Augustine’s deaths and fear Marie’s harsher treatment. After Augustine’s death, most are sent to auction; Tom, Adolph, and several others are sold.

The St. Clare household man-servant

Also known as one of the man-servants

An unnamed male servant whom Marie orders to take Rosa to the whipping-house.

Marie St. Clare’s lawyer

Also known as the lawyer

An unnamed lawyer who advises Marie and Augustine’s brother to sell the estate and its enslaved workers after Augustine’s death.

Augustine St. Clare’s brother

Also known as his brother · the other brother

Augustine’s twin brother Alfred, who communicates with Marie and her lawyer about selling the estate and its enslaved workers.

The whipping-house master

Also known as the master of a whipping-establishment · the man

An unnamed man who runs or works at the whipping-house to which Marie orders Rosa sent for fifteen lashes.

Mr. Skeggs

Also known as the keeper

The keeper of a New Orleans slave depot who receives Tom, Adolph, and other enslaved people from the St. Clare estate before auction. He encourages forced merriment and uses a whip, kicks, and cuffs to control the people held there.

The young gentleman who buys Adolph

Also known as Alf · the first young gentleman

A fashionable young man who wants a valet and buys Adolph at auction. He boasts that he will break Adolph’s airs through punishment.

The young gentleman who challenges the planter

Also known as the stranger · the young man

A gentleman aboard the riverboat who condemns the laws that give Legree absolute power over enslaved people and argues that respectable, humane planters help sustain the system.

The planter aboard the riverboat

Also known as the gentleman who invites the young man to his plantation

An unnamed planter who acknowledges that brutal men like Legree are allowed to enslave people without protection. He tells a young gentleman to wait until they reach his plantation before criticizing planters.

Susan

Also known as the mulatto woman · the mother

A Christian, middle-aged enslaved woman and Emmeline’s mother, formerly a personal attendant to a pious New Orleans lady. She and her daughter are sold at auction; Susan is bought by a benevolent-looking man but cannot persuade him to buy Emmeline too.

The pious New Orleans lady

Also known as their protectress · Missis

An unnamed, devout woman who formerly owned Susan and Emmeline and carefully educated them in reading, writing, and religion. Her son’s debts led to their seizure and sale.

The son of Susan and Emmeline’s protectress

Also known as the only son

An unnamed man who managed his mother’s property, ran up debts through carelessness and extravagance, and eventually failed financially.

Brother B.

Also known as the Christian creditor · the member of a Christian church in New York

An unnamed Christian creditor in the New York firm of B. & Co. He authorizes his lawyer to sell Susan and Emmeline and remit the proceeds, despite his stated unease about slave trading.

The lawyer for B. & Co.

Also known as their lawyer · the lawyer in New Orleans

An unnamed New Orleans lawyer for the firm B. & Co. who attaches the property, including Susan and Emmeline, and arranges for their sale.

The benevolent-looking buyer of Susan

Also known as the respectable middle-aged man · the benevolent gentleman

An unnamed middle-aged man who buys Susan at auction and tries to buy Emmeline too, but stops when the bidding exceeds his means.

The aristocratic old citizen

Also known as the old citizen

An unnamed auction bidder who competes with Legree for Emmeline but is outbid.

The slave-warehouse auctioneer

Also known as the auctioneer · the salesman

An unnamed auctioneer who sells enslaved people at the New Orleans Bourse, advertising their qualities in English and French.

The gentleman who talks with Legree aboard the boat

Also known as the gentlemanly man · the stranger

An unnamed passenger who listens as Legree boasts of his cruelty and tells him that his hard fist suggests he has made his heart just as hard.

The man listening to Legree’s conversation

Also known as the other

An unnamed passenger who calls Legree a mean, low, brutal man and tries to distinguish him from considerate planters.

Mr. Ellis

Also known as Lucy’s former master · Mas’r

Lucy’s former enslaver, who lived on Levee Street. During a long illness he kept her awake and threatened to sell her to the harshest master, despite having promised her freedom when he died.

Lucy’s husband

Also known as her husband

An unnamed enslaved blacksmith who was hired out by Mr. Ellis. Lucy was taken away before she could see him; she has four children with him.

The man who drives Legree’s wagon

Also known as the driver

An unnamed driver who cracks his whip to make the enslaved people sing during the journey to Legree’s plantation.

The two women at the mill

Also known as the women

Unnamed exhausted workers whom Tom helps by grinding their corn and preparing their supper. They respond with kindness and help bake his cake.

The former owner of Legree’s plantation

Also known as the former owner

An unnamed wealthy man of taste who formerly maintained the plantation grounds and house. After he died insolvent, Legree bought the property and let it decay.

The women held at the depot

Also known as the sleeping forms

Unnamed enslaved women and girls kept in the depot awaiting sale. Among them are a ten-year-old girl whose mother was sold the day before and an elderly woman worn down by hard labor.

Evangeline St. Clare

Also known as Eva · little missy · Miss Eva

Augustine and Marie’s young daughter, who dies after a grave illness. Before her death, she urges the household’s enslaved people to become Christians, gives them curls of her hair, and inspires Topsy and Ophelia to change.

The physician attending Eva

Also known as the doctor

An unnamed doctor called to treat Eva when her health declines. He recognizes that she is dying and attends her at the end.

Thomas Moore

Also known as Moore

The poet whose poem “Weep Not for Those” is quoted at the beginning of the chapter on Eva’s death.

Miss Ophelia’s messenger

Also known as a messenger

An unnamed person whom Ophelia sends to summon the St. Clare household’s servants to Eva’s room.

The physician attending Augustine

Also known as the physician · the doctor

An unnamed doctor called after Augustine is stabbed. He tends the wound but recognizes that Augustine cannot survive.

The two men fighting in the café

Also known as two gentlemen

Two unnamed, partly intoxicated men whose fight Augustine tries to stop. One fatally stabs him with a bowie knife.

The man who stabs Augustine

Also known as one of them

An unnamed man involved in a fight at a café who fatally stabs Augustine as Augustine attempts to take his bowie knife.

The men who carry Augustine home

Also known as several men

Unnamed men who bring Augustine’s wounded body back to the St. Clare house on a shutter.

The Hungarian nobles

Also known as the nobles

Nobles mentioned by Augustine as having freed millions of serfs at great financial cost, an example of selfless emancipation.

Mozart

Also known as the ethereal Mozart

The composer whose Requiem St. Clare’s mother copied and arranged. St. Clare sings the “Dies Iræ” from it shortly before his fatal injury.

Dinah

Also known as Old Dinah · Aunt Dinah

The St. Clare household’s head cook, previously described as disorderly in her kitchen.

Alfred St. Clare

Also known as Alfred · Alf · his brother

Augustine’s twin brother, an authoritarian enslaver who visits the family with his son Henrique. He defends keeping enslaved people uneducated and accepts Henrique’s violent treatment of Dodo.

Henrique St. Clare

Also known as Henrique

Alfred’s twelve-year-old son and Eva’s cousin. He beats Dodo for speaking back, though he is also described as generous and warm-hearted; Eva urges him to treat Dodo with kindness.

Dodo

Also known as the little groom · the boy

A thirteen-year-old enslaved boy bought by Alfred for his handsome appearance and assigned to Henrique. Henrique beats him, while Eva offers him a kind word and challenges his cousin to care for him.

Dodo’s mother

Also known as his mother

An unnamed woman from whom Dodo was separated only a few months before this passage. Henrique bought Dodo at a slave warehouse, leaving him without the people he knew.

Topsy’s former mistress

Also known as old Missis

An unnamed woman who previously beat Topsy harshly, pulled her hair, and knocked her head against a door. Topsy says the abuse did not make her behave better.

Mose

One of Tom and Chloe’s sons, reported to be thriving while Chloe works away from home.

Pete

One of Tom and Chloe’s sons, reported to be thriving while Chloe works away from home.

Sam

Also known as Black Sam

An enslaved man on the Shelby estate who plans to take colts to the river and offers to travel with Chloe to Louisville. Earlier, he helped delay Haley’s pursuit of Eliza.

Tom’s fellow captives

Also known as Haley’s gang

Unnamed enslaved people who were transported and sold by Haley alongside Tom. Eva recalls seeing some separated from their mothers, husbands, or children.

Prue

Also known as old Prue · the old rusk-woman

An enslaved woman who sold rusks and told Tom of her children’s loss and her baby’s death. Eva remembers her story as an example of the cruelty inflicted on enslaved people.

Prue’s baby

Also known as the child · it

Prue’s unnamed baby, whose death after neglect and separation from Prue deeply troubles Eva.

Prue’s first enslaver

Also known as the man who kept her to breed children for market

An unnamed enslaver who forced Prue to bear children and sold them as they grew old enough.

Prue’s current enslaver

Also known as Prue’s master · Mas’r

An unnamed enslaver who bought Prue from a trader and whose household made her account for bread tickets and money.

Prue’s current enslaver’s wife

Also known as Prue’s mistress · Missis

An unnamed woman who refused to provide milk when Prue became ill and kept her from sleeping with her baby, who later died.

Doctor Posey

Also known as old Doctor Posey

Marie’s personal doctor, whom she wants summoned from the city because she believes she has heart disease.

Eliza Jane

A girl whose illness is cited by Ophelia as a warning sign resembling Eva’s cough.

Ellen Sanders

Also known as Ellen

A girl whose illness Ophelia recalls while warning Augustine about Eva’s cough.

Maria Sanders

Also known as Maria

A girl whose illness Ophelia recalls while warning Augustine about Eva’s cough.

Thomas Jefferson

Also known as Tom Jefferson

A historical figure whom Alfred dismisses as the source of republican declarations about equality.

Louis XVI

The French king mentioned by Augustine as an example of rulers who failed to anticipate upheaval among the people.

Pius IX

A pope mentioned by Augustine in comparing rulers who believe they can keep the people down.

The younger kitchen workers

Also known as the young operators · the younger members · the young fry · the young uns

Unnamed young household workers whom Dinah directs in the kitchen and makes scour the tinware during her irregular cleaning spells.

The St. Clare household quadroon chambermaid

Also known as the spruce quadroon chambermaid

An unnamed young chambermaid who mocks Prue and wears coral ear-drops. She helps Ophelia dress Topsy reluctantly.

Jake

A young worker in Dinah’s kitchen who is told to fetch the tickets used to buy Prue’s bread.

Marie St. Clare’s father

Also known as her father

An unnamed man who was Marie’s father and only parent mentioned earlier. Marie says he owned an enslaved man who repeatedly ran away from work and eventually died in a swamp after being whipped.

The woman who brings Prue’s rusks afterward

Also known as the woman

An unnamed woman who replaces Prue as the rusk seller. She tells Dinah that Prue was left in the cellar after getting drunk and was found dead.

The St. Clare household child

Also known as the sooty little urchin

An unnamed small child in the St. Clare household, among the children who roam and play around the house.

Prue’s deceased husband

Also known as her old man

An unnamed man whose death left Prue feeling that nobody had loved her since.

The drunken couple who held Topsy

Also known as the couple that keep a low restaurant

An unnamed couple who run a low restaurant and beat and swear at Topsy. Augustine buys her from them.

Old Aunt Sue

Also known as Aunt Sue

An unnamed woman who cared for Topsy and other children while they were being raised by a speculator.

Topsy’s speculator

Also known as the speculator

An unnamed trader who raised Topsy and other children for sale.

The St. Clare household chambermaid

Also known as the chambermaid

An unnamed household worker whose offer of help Ophelia had previously refused. Ophelia now takes on teaching Topsy to make her bed.

Augustine St. Clare’s father

Also known as his father

An unnamed Louisiana planter, originally from New England, who enslaved hundreds of people and left his property jointly to his twin sons Alfred and Augustine. He allowed his wife authority over the house servants but forbade her to intervene with field workers.

Augustine St. Clare’s mother

Also known as his mother

An unnamed devout Huguenot French woman whom Augustine revered for her compassion and faith. She and young Augustine tried to relieve abuses on the plantation, and her teachings shaped his respect for every human soul.

The Vermont overseer

Also known as the overseer · Stubbs

A brutal overseer on the St. Clare plantation who gained authority over the enslaved workers and the confidence of Augustine’s father. Augustine and his mother tried to curb his cruelty.

Augustine St. Clare’s Vermont cousin’s father

Also known as the old gray-headed father · Squire Sinclare · Squire Sinclair

Miss Ophelia’s unnamed father, a respected Vermont man whom Augustine compares with his own father. Augustine says he is an aristocrat in temperament despite being a New England abolitionist and deacon.

Scipio

A strong, freedom-loving man born in Africa, enslaved on Alfred’s plantation and sold among overseers. Augustine bought him, nursed him, and gave him free papers; Scipio chose to stay, became a Christian, and later died after saving Augustine during a cholera outbreak.

Scipio’s overseer

Also known as the overseer

An unnamed overseer whom Scipio knocked down before fleeing into the swamps. Scipio was captured after fighting off hunting dogs and was wounded by a gunshot.

The hunting party for Scipio

Also known as the party

Unnamed men with guns and dogs who hunted Scipio after he escaped into the swamps. Augustine joined them and prevented them from shooting Scipio after he was wounded.

Topsy’s mistress’s child

Also known as Eva’s red thing

An unnamed child whose red necklace Topsy admits taking; Eva appears wearing the necklace when Ophelia questions Topsy.

Tom’s rusk-seller acquaintance

Also known as the old rusk-woman

Prue, the enslaved woman who sold rusks to the St. Clare household and told Tom about the loss of her baby before she died.

The enslaved man who died in the swamp

Also known as the man Marie’s father owned

An unnamed enslaved man who repeatedly ran away to avoid work and was whipped. Marie says he died in a swamp after a final beating.

Phineas Fletcher

A Quaker who helps George and the other fugitives escape, using his knowledge of the roads and wilderness. Formerly a vigorous hunter and backwoodsman, he is shrewd, brave, and practical; he wounds Tom Loker while defending the fugitives, then tends to him.

Rachel Halliday

Also known as Rachel

A warm, motherly Quaker who shelters Eliza, George, Harry, and other fugitives. She prepares supplies and food for their escape and sends them off with her husband’s help.

Simeon Halliday

Also known as Simeon the elder · father

Rachel Halliday’s Quaker husband, who shelters the fugitives and supports their escape. He counsels George against rashness, reads him a psalm, and offers spiritual comfort.

Ruth Stedman

Also known as Ruth

A cheerful young Quaker woman and mother who befriends Eliza and helps the fugitives. She brings Harry warm stockings and a seed-cake before their departure.

John Stedman

Also known as John

Ruth’s husband, who is left at home with their baby while Ruth visits the Hallidays.

Ruth Stedman’s baby

Also known as the baby

Ruth and John Stedman’s infant son, left with John while Ruth visits the Hallidays.

Jim

A formerly enslaved man traveling with George and the other fugitives, accompanied by his elderly mother. He carries her to safety during the escape and is prepared to defend her with his pistols.

Jim’s mother

Also known as the old woman · the old negress

An unnamed elderly woman traveling with her son Jim among the fugitives. She fears being returned to the enslaver who abused her, prays during the confrontation, and shows compassion for the wounded Tom Loker.

Jim’s former master

Also known as their masters in Kentucky · the brute

An unnamed enslaver who previously whipped and abused Jim’s mother. The pursuers intend to return her to him.

The constables pursuing the fugitives

Also known as two constables · the officers of justice · the fat constable

Unnamed law officers who join the slave catchers in pursuit of George and the other fugitives under a warrant. One is described as short and puffy; another is later called the fat constable.

The tavern rowdies pursuing the fugitives

Also known as the posse · the party of horsemen

Unnamed men recruited by Tom Loker and Marks at a tavern to help capture the fugitives. They retreat after George wounds Tom and Phineas knocks him into a ravine.

Michael Cross

Also known as Michael

A Quaker ally with a fast horse who rides ahead to warn the fugitives about their pursuers, then helps bring assistance and the wagon back.

Stephen

One of the men who arrives on horseback with Michael and Amariah to help the fugitives.

Amariah

A local ally whom Phineas asks Michael to fetch with his boys; he later arrives with help and a wagon.

Amariah’s boys

Also known as his boys

Unnamed boys who come with Amariah to help the fugitives.

The man who first planned the river crossing

Also known as the man going over with some truck

An unnamed man planning to attempt an icy river crossing with cargo; Phineas earlier heard the pursuers discuss the plan.

Augustine St. Clare’s Vermont cousin’s mother

Also known as the good mother

An unnamed woman and mother in Ophelia’s large Vermont family. She worries that New Orleans is a wicked place.

Miss Ophelia’s old Dr. Botherem

Also known as Dr. Botherem

An unnamed Vermont doctor whom Augustine recalls as having called laziness the “essence of moral evil.”

Marie St. Clare’s mother

Also known as her mother

An unnamed woman, Marie’s mother and Dinah’s former mistress. She tolerated Dinah’s control of the kitchen.

Dr. G——

Also known as the preacher

An unnamed preacher whose sermon Marie praises for defending social hierarchy and slavery through scripture.

Joseph

A biblical figure in Egypt whom Tom recalls as a parallel to his own enslavement.

Miss Ophelia’s village minister

Also known as the minister

An unnamed minister in Ophelia’s New England village who leans toward abolitionist views and questioned whether her visit to New Orleans might encourage slaveholders.

Simeon Halliday’s second son

Also known as Simeon the second · Simeon

An unnamed son of Simeon and Rachel Halliday, called Simeon by his father. He objects to laws that punish people for helping fugitives and is gently reminded by his parents to show mercy to everyone.

Augustine St. Clare’s first love

Also known as the high-minded and beautiful woman

An unnamed northern woman to whom Augustine was once engaged. Her guardian’s family intercepted their letters and arranged her marriage to the guardian’s son; by the time she explained the deception, Augustine had married Marie.

Augustine St. Clare’s first love’s guardian

Also known as her guardian

An unnamed person who intercepted letters between Augustine and the woman he loved, then informed him she would marry another. The woman later said the guardian’s family had pressured her to marry the guardian’s son.

Augustine St. Clare’s first love’s guardian’s son

Also known as the guardian’s son

An unnamed man whom the guardian’s family pressured Augustine’s former fiancée to marry.

Augustine St. Clare’s uncle

Also known as his uncle in Vermont

An unnamed uncle who cared for Augustine during parts of his boyhood in Vermont, at the direction of physicians hoping the climate would strengthen his health.

Marie St. Clare’s first love

Also known as the accepted lover

An unnamed man Augustine married shortly after receiving word that his former fiancée would marry another. Marie brought her own property and servants into the marriage.

Mammy’s husband

Also known as her husband

An unnamed enslaved blacksmith owned by Marie’s father and separated from Mammy when she went with Marie to St. Clare’s household. Marie says Mammy would return to him if she could.

Mammy’s children

Also known as her two

Mammy’s two unnamed children, whom Marie says she left behind because she would not bring them to her new household.

The minister in Miss Ophelia’s village

Also known as the minister

An unnamed minister in Ophelia’s New England village who leans toward abolitionist views and questions whether her visit to New Orleans might encourage slaveholders.

The doctor in Miss Ophelia’s village

Also known as the doctor

An unnamed doctor in Ophelia’s village who favors colonization and thinks her visit might reassure people in New Orleans.

Miss Peabody

Also known as Miss Peabody’s milliner

A milliner in Miss Ophelia’s village, mentioned as one of the people who heard about her planned journey.

Miss Moseley

A woman who helps with Miss Ophelia’s dressmaking and learns details of her travel wardrobe.

Deacon Abraham Perry’s wife

Also known as Auguste

An unnamed woman known to Miss Ophelia as a skilled nurse; she recommended juniper-berry tea for a sick headache.

The hands on the steamboat

Also known as the workmen below · the boat workers

Unnamed steamboat workers whom Tom helps during the journey. They come to respect him for his quiet helpfulness.

The steamboat fireman

Also known as the fireman

An unnamed worker who tends the furnace and sometimes sees Eva watching him with concern.

The steamboat steersman

Also known as the steersman

An unnamed worker at the boat’s wheel who smiles when Eva appears at the wheelhouse window.

The boat’s female passengers

Also known as the female occupants

Unnamed women in the steamboat’s cabin who rush to help Eva after she falls into the river, in a well-meaning but disorderly effort.

The St. Clare household porters

Also known as the two stout porters

Two unnamed household workers who carry the St. Clare family’s baggage into the house.

Jimmy

A member of the St. Clare household whom Augustine greets on returning home.

Sukey

A member of the St. Clare household whom Augustine greets on returning home.

The hackman

Also known as the driver

An unnamed carriage driver who waits for the St. Clare family at the New Orleans landing and takes their baggage.

The man who restrains Augustine

Also known as some behind him

An unnamed bystander who holds Augustine back as Eva falls into the river, recognizing that Tom is already moving to rescue her.

Cicero

A historical figure mentioned by the narrator as having grieved deeply after the death of his daughter; Tom’s faith offers him a hope of reunion that Cicero is said not to have had.

Chateaubriand

Also known as Francois Auguste Rene, Vicomte de Chateaubriand

A writer mentioned in an editorial note and the narrator’s discussion of an earlier poetic description of the Mississippi.

Mr. Wilson

Also known as the traveler at the Kentucky hotel

A good-natured, cautious former employer of George, who taught him to read and write and valued his work in a bagging factory. Though he initially urges George to obey the law, he gives him money and promises to deliver George’s message and keepsake to Eliza.

The long-legged hotel patron

Also known as the gentleman at the mantel-piece · the honest drover · John the drover

A tall Kentucky drover who condemns the abuse and sale of enslaved people and says he has freed the people he owns. He defends George’s humanity and challenges proslavery arguments aboard the boat.

The Kentucky tavern host

Also known as mine host

The unnamed landlord at the village hotel where George, disguised as Henry Butler, arrives.

Henry Butter

Also known as Mr. Butler · George Harris

The assumed identity George uses while traveling in disguise: a gentleman from Oaklands, Shelby County, with a darkened complexion and dyed hair. He presents his companion Jim as his servant.

George Harris’s father

An unnamed white man from one of Kentucky’s prominent families and George’s father. After his death, George was sold to settle the estate along with the family’s dogs and horses.

George Harris’s mother

An unnamed enslaved woman and George’s mother, described as beautiful and the victim of her enslaver’s sexual exploitation. At a sheriff’s sale, she begged to be bought with George but was separated from him and her other children.

George Harris’s oldest sister

An unnamed pious Baptist and George’s oldest sister, whom his owner bought after the family was sold apart. She was whipped for trying to live as a Christian and was later sent to the New Orleans market.

George Harris’s wife

Also known as George’s wife

Eliza, George’s wife and Harry’s mother. George tells Mr. Wilson that she fled with their child, and asks him to urge her to reach Canada and raise Harry free.

George and Eliza’s son

Also known as their boy

Harry, the young son of George and Eliza. George asks Mr. Wilson to tell Eliza to raise him as a free man.

The coarse hotel patron

Also known as the coarse-looking fellow

An unnamed man at the Kentucky hotel who defends the branding and sale of enslaved people, claiming that intelligent enslaved men are troublesome to their owners.

The landlord’s servants

Also known as the relay of about seven negroes

Unnamed enslaved men and women, young and old, who hurry to prepare a private room for the disguised George at the hotel.

The boy who announces the room

Also known as the negro boy

An unnamed boy who tells George that his room is ready at the hotel.

The runaway notice’s writer

Also known as the writer of that ar paper

An unnamed person who wrote the advertisement offering money for George alive or proof that he had been killed.

Jesse Blutchford

Also known as Jesse Blutchford, Esq.

The deceased estate owner whose creditors and heirs are to benefit from the court-ordered sale of enslaved people.

Samuel Morris

One of the named executors of Jesse Blutchford’s estate, responsible for its advertised sale of enslaved people.

Thomas Flint

One of the named executors of Jesse Blutchford’s estate, responsible for its advertised sale of enslaved people.

Hagar

Also known as Aunt Hagar

An elderly, partially blind and rheumatic woman sold at auction, whose surviving child is her son Albert. She pleads to be sold with him, but Haley buys Albert alone and another man buys her.

Albert

Hagar’s fourteen-year-old son and the last surviving child of her large family. Haley buys him at auction, separating him from his mother.

Ben

Also known as Ben, aged 21

An enslaved man named in the advertised court-ordered sale of Jesse Blutchford’s estate; Haley buys him.

Saul

Also known as Saul, aged 25

An enslaved man named in the advertised court-ordered sale of Jesse Blutchford’s estate.

The oldest man in the auction group

Also known as the oldest of the men · the old man

An unnamed enslaved man being sold with Hagar and others. He tells her that he spoke with Thomas about possibly selling her and Albert together, and later tries to comfort her.

The man who buys Hagar

Also known as the man who had addressed Haley

An unnamed buyer who shows some compassion and purchases Hagar for a small price after Haley refuses to buy her with Albert.

The auction crowd

Also known as the spectators

Unnamed people gathered at the courthouse auction. They watch the sale and then disperse.

John’s wife

An unnamed Black woman who rushes aboard the riverboat and embraces her husband John, whom Haley has bought and is transporting away.

The mother on the riverboat

Also known as the first lady

An unnamed passenger who condemns the sight of chained enslaved people and argues that slavery’s separation of families is cruel.

The boy on the riverboat

An unnamed passenger’s son who reports seeing enslaved people in chains on the lower deck.

The proslavery passenger

Also known as the genteel woman

An unnamed passenger who argues that enslaved people are better off enslaved and dismisses the pain of family separation.

The clergyman on the riverboat

Also known as the grave-looking gentleman in black

An unnamed clergyman who cites the biblical curse of Canaan to defend slavery as divinely ordained.

The tall passenger who challenges the clergyman

Also known as the tall man · the honest drover

John the drover, who sarcastically exposes the clergyman’s use of scripture to justify slave trading.

The young clergyman

Also known as the tall, slender young man

An unnamed passenger who quotes the Golden Rule against slavery and condemns Haley for separating John from his wife.

The good-natured passenger who reads Lucy’s bill of sale

Also known as the good-natured looking man

An unnamed passenger who confirms to Lucy that the bill of sale Haley shows her is genuine.

Lucy’s son

Also known as the baby · the young ’un

Lucy’s ten-month-old baby, whom Haley sells to a stranger at Louisville while Lucy is looking for her husband. The stranger takes him away asleep.

John Fosdick

Also known as Lucy’s master · Mas’r

The unnamed in the text? Named as John Fosdick, the enslaver who sells Lucy and her baby to Haley after telling her she would be hired out as a cook near her husband.

The stranger who buys Lucy’s baby

Also known as the man

An unnamed buyer who negotiates with Haley for Lucy’s baby and carries him away from the riverboat at Louisville.

The man who offers Lucy’s baby candy

Also known as the stranger

An unnamed passenger who briefly entertains Lucy’s baby with candy before later buying him from Haley.

The woman’s husband at Louisville

Also known as Lucy’s husband

An unnamed enslaved man who works at a Louisville tavern. Lucy is told she is going there to work as a cook near him, but she is sold instead.

Dr. Joel Parker

A Philadelphia Presbyterian clergyman named in an editorial note as the source of a defense of slavery criticized by the narrator.

Thomas Clarkson

Also known as Clarkson

An English abolitionist mentioned by the narrator as an example of those who opposed the foreign slave trade.

William Wilberforce

Also known as Wilberforce

An English abolitionist mentioned by the narrator as an example of those who opposed the foreign slave trade.

Mary Halliday

Also known as Mary

Rachel and Simeon Halliday’s rosy-faced daughter. She helps with household work and cares for Ruth’s baby.

Abigail Peters

Also known as Abigail

A sick woman in the Quaker settlement whom Ruth and Rachel help by tending her home and arranging meals.

Leah Hills

Also known as Leah

A woman in the Quaker settlement who helps Abigail Peters by baking bread and pies.

Hannah Stanwood

Also known as Hannah

A sick woman in the Quaker settlement whom Ruth plans to visit and help.

Peter Stebbins

Also known as Peter

A man in the Quaker settlement who tells Simeon that a group of newcomers, including George Harris, is expected that night.

Rachel Halliday’s household children

Also known as the busy girls and boys

Unnamed Halliday children who help prepare breakfast and follow Rachel’s gentle directions.

Haley

Also known as the trader · the slave-trader · Dan Haley

A slave trader who buys Tom and Harry from Mr. Shelby and pursues Eliza after she escapes with Harry. He shackles Tom for the journey south and claims he will treat him fairly, while regarding enslaved people as property.

Andy

A young enslaved boy on the Shelby estate who helped Sam delay Haley’s pursuit of Eliza. He accompanies Sam home and challenges his contradictory claims during his kitchen speech.

The Ohio-side helper

Also known as the man who helped Eliza up the bank

An unnamed man who helped Eliza up the bank after her perilous crossing of the Ohio River. His identity is not established.

Sam and Andy’s fellow estate workers

Also known as the kitchen company · the assembled people

Unnamed enslaved people from the Shelby estate who gather in the kitchen to hear Sam recount the day’s events. They laugh at his speech and then disperse.

Senator Bird

Also known as Mr. Bird · John

A state senator who voted for a law forbidding aid to fugitive enslaved people. When Eliza and Harry reach his home, he shelters them and drives them to safety despite the law and his political stance.

Mrs. Bird

Also known as Mary

Senator Bird’s gentle, compassionate wife, who insists that Christian duty requires helping people in need. She welcomes Eliza and Harry, gives them clothes and keepsakes of her deceased son, and helps arrange their escape.

Tom Bird

Also known as Tom

One of Senator and Mrs. Bird’s young sons, present at home when Eliza and Harry arrive.

Mary Bird

Also known as Mary

One of Senator and Mrs. Bird’s children, addressed by Mrs. Bird while the children are playing at home.

Jim Bird

Also known as Jim

One of Senator and Mrs. Bird’s young sons, present at home when Eliza and Harry arrive.

Master Bill

Also known as Bill

One of the Bird boys, who recalls that his mother once punished him and other boys for stoning a defenseless kitten. The passage does not establish whether he is Tom, Jim, or another son.

Old Cudjoe

Also known as Cudjoe · old black man-of-all-work

The Birds’ elderly Black man-of-all-work and driver. He helps care for Harry at the Birds’ home and drives Eliza and Harry with Senator Bird to safety.

Eliza’s husband’s master

Also known as her husband’s master

An unnamed, harsh enslaver who owns Eliza’s husband and rarely lets him visit her. He threatens to sell him south.

Eliza’s husband

Also known as her husband

An unnamed enslaved man and Eliza’s husband, owned by another master. He has been kept from visiting Eliza and is threatened with sale downriver.

Eliza’s first two children

Also known as her two children

Eliza’s two children who died before she fled Kentucky; she says she left them buried there.

Henry Bird

Also known as little Henry

The deceased young son of Senator and Mrs. Bird. His mother gives some of his clothes and belongings to Eliza and Harry.

John Van Trompe

Also known as Honest old John Van Trompe · Van Trompe

A former Kentucky landowner and enslaver who freed the people he owned and moved to a secluded Ohio farm. He shelters Eliza and Harry and helps Senator Bird find a safer road.

The Bird boys who accompany Mrs. Bird

Also known as the two eldest boys

Two unnamed older sons of Senator and Mrs. Bird who follow their mother as she gathers their deceased brother Henry’s belongings for Eliza and Harry.

Tom’s smith

Also known as the blacksmith

An unnamed blacksmith who recognizes Tom when Haley stops at his shop to alter the handcuffs. He considers Tom a faithful and good man and laments that he is being taken south.

Old Bruno

Also known as Bruno

A large Newfoundland dog, Eliza’s longtime pet and playmate. He follows her as she flees, but she leaves him behind at Tom and Chloe’s cabin.

Little black Jake

Also known as Jake

A young enslaved boy on the Shelby estate who comments on Haley and the fate of enslavers in the kitchen.

Mandy

Also known as woolly-headed Mandy

A young enslaved girl on the Shelby estate who says she overheard the Shelbys discussing the sale, though she had actually fallen asleep.

Mike

A young enslaved person on the Shelby estate who joins the noisy commotion as the horses run loose.

Fanny

A young enslaved girl on the Shelby estate who joins the commotion as the horses run loose.

Mr. Symmes

A Kentucky farmer who recognizes Eliza after she crosses the Ohio River on the ice. He helps her up the bank, directs her to a sympathetic household, and promises not to reveal where she went.

The Ohio-side hostess

Also known as the woman

An unnamed, kind woman who runs a public house by the Ohio River. Believing Eliza’s child is dangerously ill, she tells her about a man who may cross the river and gives the exhausted Harry a place to sleep.

Solomon

Also known as Sol

A man in a leather apron whom the Ohio-side hostess calls from a nearby building. He tells her that a man plans to try to carry goods across the river that evening.

The man with the boat

Also known as the man going over with some truck

An unnamed man who plans to attempt a river crossing with cargo despite the ice. Tom Loker intends to cross with him to pursue Eliza.

The neighboring farmer who owns a boy

Also known as the man who owned a farm not far from Eliza’s old home

An unnamed farmer whom Eliza recognizes on the Ohio bank. He has a young son and directs her to a household likely to help her.

The good woman at the farmhouse

An unnamed, kindly and talkative woman who gives Eliza and Harry a midday rest and accepts Eliza’s story that she is visiting friends.

Uncle Cudjoe

Also known as old Uncle Cudjoe

An elderly man whose rheumatism Harry imitates at Mr. Shelby’s request.

Elder Robbins

Also known as old Elder Robbins

A religious elder whose way of leading a psalm Harry imitates.

The Manufacturer

Also known as the employer

The owner of the factory where George works and invents a hemp-cleaning machine. He tries unsuccessfully to persuade George’s owner to let him return to the factory.

George Harris’s Owner

Also known as Mr. Harris · Mas’r

George’s tyrannical owner, who removes him from the factory, subjects him to harsh farm labor, and threatens to sell him downriver.

Young Master Tom

Also known as Mas’r Tom · Tom

The young son of George Harris’s owner. He whips George at his father’s direction and helps torment George’s dog.

Carlo

George’s dog, a comfort to him. George’s owner and young Master Tom drown Carlo after George refuses to do it.

Mina

A woman George’s owner orders him to marry, threatening to sell him downriver if he refuses.

Tom Lincon

Also known as Tom Lincoln

A boy from the neighboring Lincoln household, whom young Master George compares with Tom’s family.

Jinny

The cook in the neighboring Lincoln household, whom Aunt Chloe considers a capable plain cook.

Mrs. Lincon

Also known as Mrs. Lincoln

A woman of the neighboring Lincoln household, mentioned by Aunt Chloe in comparison with Mrs. Shelby.

Miss Mary

A woman whose wedding is mentioned in Aunt Chloe’s account of Jinny’s cooking.

General Knox

A visiting general whom Aunt Chloe says praised Mrs. Shelby’s cooking after a dinner at the Shelby home.

Uncle Peter

An elderly man in the community who sings at religious meetings and is teased by Mose and Pete.

The Old Woman at the Meeting

Also known as old gray-headed woman

A revered elderly member of the community who shares her religious faith and hope of reaching glory at Tom’s meeting.

Aunt Sally

Also known as old Aunt Sally

A woman in the neighborhood, mentioned in gossip about her new red headkerchief.

Lizzy

A woman on the estate who is expected to receive a spotted muslin gown from Mrs. Shelby.

Mr. B.

A minister whose sermon defending slavery is criticized by Mrs. Shelby.