Charles’ mother - “The Child’s Champion”
She is an underprivileged widow with one son (Charles). She heartens Charles to endure the exploitation to which his master subjects him.
Charles - “The Child’s Champion”
He is a trainee at a nearby farm where he is overworked and subjugated.
Mr. Ellis - “The Child’s Champion”
He is the devious proprietor of the farm where Charles toils as an apprentice.
Lankton - “The Child’s Champion”
A lad who Charles pumps into at the tavern. He undertakes to liberate Charles from his overbearing enslavement.
Thomas Furlong - “How Nancy Jackson Married Kate Wilson”
He is a bachelor who leads a predominantly introverted life he was ditched by Nancy Jackson’s mother.
Nancy Jackson - “How Nancy Jackson Married Kate Wilson”
She converts her name to Robert Finlay after evading an execution elicited by her shooting Jim Bradley.
Jacob Wilson - “How Nancy Jackson Married Kate Wilson”
He “was a farmer who owned a hundred acres of good land, and raised hogs, mules and corn for the southern market.”
Alfred Milton - “How Nancy Jackson Married Kate Wilson”
He is Nancy Wilson’s suitor who tricks her after a promising betrothal. The trickery elicits Nancy’s repulsion of menfolk.
