CAMPBELL FAMILY

Malcolm (Busha) – father; owner of Cawdor property

Helen – Malcolm’s wife and mother of (in order):

Gus (Angus) – Cailin’s cousin; Tam Campbell’s son

Winnie – Malcolm’s mother

Cuddy (Cuthbert) – Malcolm’s father

Abum and Bitsy – Malcolm’s aunts

Kester, Cameron, and Tam – Malcolm’s brothers

Susan and Bonnie – Malcolm’s sisters

Irma – Malcolm’s third wife and widow in 1973

Jane – Kester’s wife

Mass Whim and Cissy - Cailin’s maternal grandparents

PRICE FAMILY

Gracie – Archie’s mother; inn keeper of Oristano Inn

Archie – Grace’s son

SHARPE FAMILY

Sharpe – Cawdor property foreman; from Accompong; living in Hakin

Manu – Sharpe’s father living in Accompong

Bena and Ama – Shape’s sisters living in Accompong

OTHER CHARACTERS

(alphabetical order mostly by first name)

Abbie – the cook at the Oristano Inn

Alexander Bustamante – Jamaica Labour Party leader

Clive Taylor – main bully at Manning’s School

Devon Blake – other bully at Manning’s School

Essie – the cook for the Cawdor great house; Sharpe’s wife in 1973

George – Rowena’s crush who attends Munro College

Harry – boy Cailin meets in the hardware store; Cailin’s husband in 1973

Leroy – Sharpe’s uncle in Hakin

Linton Aldridge – minister and schoolteacher for the Oristano Methodist church

Lucy – influential woman in Hakin; works on the Cawdor property

Magus – the Hakin village Obeah man

Marsha – Sharpe’s girlfriend in Hakin

Mick McFagan – liquor salesman; Gracie’s suitor

Miss Recas – Cailin and Gus’s governess

Mr. Lyn – owner of Oristano grocery store & rum bar

Mrs. Aldridge – Linton Aldridge’s wife

Norman Manley – People’s National Party leader

Papa Rufus – Accompong Myal man (spiritual leader)

Phibbi – Sharpe’s aunt in Hakin

Pressy – the Witcombe’s cook

Ram Foot – Sharpe’s friend in Hakin

Robby Thompson (Robert) – Archie’s friend in Savanna-la-Mar

Ruby – maid for the Cawdor great house

Samfie – a Cawdor property worker

The Witcombes – board Archie in Savanna-la-Mar