Who are the main characters in Jubilee by Margaret walker?

Answer 1

• Sis Hetta -Vyry's mother who dies in the beginning of the novel. She was given to John Dutton as a present from his father.
• Caline, May Liza, and Lucy - servants in the big house who work with Aunt Sally and Vyry.
• John Morris Dutton - the owner of the Dutton Plantation and owns Vyry and the other slaves. He is also the father of Vyry, but does not acknowledge her as his child. He gets into a carriage accident and dies of an infected leg.
• Miss Salina - the wife of Marster John. She is mean to Vyry and the other slaves and strongly believed the South would win in the Civil War,she dies of a stroke or heart attack; she is also known as Big Missy.
• Vyry - the protagonist of the novel. She is a dynamic/main character. Vyry is the youngest daughter of Heather and Marster John. She is a black slave, but her skin is so fair she can pass as white and she looks like her sister Lilian. She is a solemn woman who knows many skills, although she cannot read or write.
• Aunt Sally - a slave in the house on the Dutton Plantation. She is the cook and teaches Vyry everything she knows. She acts as a mother to Vyry until she is sold.
• Randall Ware - a black man who was born free. He promises to marry Vyry and buy her freedom, but cannot buy her freedom.
• Jim, Minna, and Harry -Vyry's children. Randall Ware is the father of Jim and Minna and Innis Brown is the father of Harry. Jim is like his father and doesn't want to ever do work. Minna is more like her mother and helps her around the house.
• Miss Lillian - the daughter of Marse John and Big Missy. She is about the same age as Vyry. She and Vyry play when they are little, but as they get older, Lillian treats her like all the other slaves. She goes crazy after being attacked and most of her family has died.
• Grimes - the overseer on the Dutton Plantation. He was strict and cruel toward the slaves.
• Innis Brown - a part of the Union army who ran away from a plantation. He marries Vyry and they move to Alabama to raise their own farm.