Col. Lloyd
Colonel Lloyd is the owner of the plantation where young Frederick lived as a child. Colonel Lloyd had a lot of children, but after his death only two were left alive – Andrew and Lucretia.
Capt. Anthony
Captain Anthony is a slaveholder often called by the slaves an “old master”, but never to his face. There was a supposition that he was a father of the narrator, but as the last grew up he understood that such a possibility was hardly possible. Capt. Anthony was cruel, heartless person and treated the slaves severely.
Betsey Baily
Betsey Baily is the narrator’s grandmother. When the grandchildren were born, they all lived with her in a log hut, but when one by one they grew up and left her for slavery she was left alone.
Harriet
Harriet is the narrator’s mother. He never knew her well and she died within a year when he appeared in the plantation. But he tried to show tenderness towards him, and probably would continue showing it if she had not die. One more thing the narrator knew about his mother was that she could read.
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Auld
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Auld were new masters of the narrator in Baltimore. They both are good people, and Mrs. Hugh treated the narrator tenderly. It was she who showed the narrator how to read and to writing. But when her husband found out about it he sternly prohibited it as understood that an educated slave is very dangerous. But it was too late as seed had been already planted and the narrator continued his education secretly.
Mrs. Lucretia
Mrs. Lucretia is a daughter of Col. Lloyd, and after his death Frederick (the narrator) became her property. She was a very warm-hearted woman and always treated her slaves well.
Master Thomas Auld
Master Thomas Auld is Mrs. Lucretia’s husband and after her death the narrator becomes his property. Mr. Thomas was cruel and insensitive person, and became even more severe when he married another woman – Rowena. Their slaves often were starving as they gave them little food.
Mr. Edward Covey
Mr. Edward Covey is a farmer who hired the narrator for a year for work in the fields. Mr. Covey is the most cruel and merciless person the narrator has ever met, he flogged the slaves once a week and also for every performance of “impudence”. The life at the Covey’s farm had ironed the narrator’s character and helped him to become more conscious of slavery injustice.
Mr. William Freeland
Mr. Freeland was another farmer who hired the narrator, and he is portrayed as a good person as treated the slaves well, but still he was a slaveholder.
