he end of the Civil War. Master Roberts, the white slave owner who owned Nanny, was her father. When Master Roberts' wife threatened to sell Leafy and punish Nanny for her relationship with Master Roberts, Nanny fled to the swamps. She hid there with her child until the slaves were declared free. Nanny dreamed that her child would have respectability and financial security. That dream ended when Leafy was raped by her schoolteacher at age seventeen. She became pregnant with Janie and ran away.
             Nanny Crawford - Nanny Crawford was Janie's grandmother. She raised Janie from infancy. Because she was a former slave, Nanny believed in the value of financial security and respectibality. Therefore, she coerced Janie into marrying Logan Killicks when she was still in her teens.
             Captain Eaton - Captain Eaton was one of the donors of Eatonville's original fifty acres of land. When Jody first arrived in Eatonville, he made a big show paying cash to him for an additional two hundred acres.
             Amos Hicks - Amos Hicks lives in Eatonville, Florida. He was one of the first people to meet Janie and Jody. He tried to lure Janie away from Jody with no success.
             Logan Killicks - Logan Killicks was Janie's first husband. Nanny coerced Janie into marrying him because she valued financial security and respectability over love. Logan pampered Janie for a year before he tried to make her help him with the farming work. Janie left him for Jody Starks.
             Lias - Lias was one of Tea Cake and Janie's friends in the Everglades. When he fled an on-coming hurricane, he offered to drive Janie and Tea Cake to Palm Beach, but Tea Cake turned him down. He survived the hurricane.
             Master Roberts - Master Roberts owned Nanny before slavery was abolished. He was Leafy's father.
             Motor Boat - Motor Boat was one of Tea Cake and Janie's friends in the Everglades. He fled the Everglades with them during a terrible hurricane. They took refuge in an abandoned house. ...