The Beginning of Homewood | Characters
Charlie Bell
Charlie Bell is the white man whose family owns Sybela Owens. As was the cruel custom among slave-holding men, he has forced Sybela to be his concubine. One night he comes to her cabin and ‘‘steals’’ her and her two children, of whom he is the father, and together they run north toward Pittsburgh where the neighborhood in which they settle becomes known as Homewood.
Bess
Called Mother Bess, she’s May’s sister and fellow caretaker of Sybela’s spirit and the family’s history.
Maggie
Maggie is the oldest of...
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