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Duncan Gatewood

This character is raised at Stratford Plantation and has a relationship with a mulatto slave girl.

Maggie, Midge, or Marguerite

This character's name is changed upon his/her forced marriage to a slave.

Sallie Botkin Kirkpatrick

This character is sent home in disgrace from the Augusta Female Seminary after engaging in an affair with a teacher.

Alexander Kirkpatrick

This character is a teacher at the Augusta Female Seminary, and is dismissed after a student's pregnancy becomes known.

Uther Botkin

This character is educated and moves to the farming life after inheriting property from a relative. .

Leona Gatewood Byrd

This character grieves horribly after the death of another character and dies soon after.

Catesby Byrd

This character is a lawyer who has high hopes on achieving a judge's seat at the time South Carolina secedes from the Union.

Samuel Gatewood

This character believes in treating slaves well...

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