James
JamesPercival Everett
Characters in James
5 characters, main characters first.Main characters
Jim / James
An enslaved man fleeing toward freedom, revealed as fluently literate and deliberately performing servility to survive.
Antagonists
Henderson (James)
A violent white sawmill owner who buys James and enslaves him, abusing the other enslaved workers at his mill.
Supporting characters
Huckleberry Finn
A white boy fleeing his abusive father who fakes his own death and joins James on the river journey toward the free states; later revealed to be James's biological son.
Norman (James)
A Black man light-skinned enough to pass as white; having escaped his own enslaver, he works with a minstrel troupe to raise money to buy back the wife he left behind.
Sammy (James)
A teenage enslaved girl at Henderson's sawmill who reminds James of his own daughter; he helps her escape.